A helicopter drops water over a fire in the Spryfield area of Halifax, Nova Scotia May 1, 2009. More than 450 homes have been evacuated since Thursday as wildfires continue to burn out of control.
Canada's government is sending the military to the Eastern province of Nova Scotia on Thursday to help tackle wildfires, and more U.S. firefighters will come to battle the early summer blazes, the minister responsible for emergencies said.
While Canada often sees wildfires in the summer, rarely has it seen so many so early, with incidents on both the East Coast and in the West at the same time. There are 211 wildfires burning across Canada, and 82 of those are out of control, Emergency Preparedness Minister Bill Blair said. An infographic titled "Wildfires continue across Canada'' created in Ankara, Turkiye on June 1, 2023. Canada is currently dealing with wildfires that have started the season pretty early, causing the evacuation of thousands of people from their homes.Some 28,000 Canadians have been forced to flee their homes, officials said. Some 18,000 of the evacuees are in Nova Scotia, which is forecast to remain hot and dry on Thursday.
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