Fires across Canada have been burning for weeks, sending thick smoke over much of the country and down into the U.S. More than 1,700 miles away, a handful of Mesa hot shots are on the front lines in Alberta.
Fires across Canada have been burning for weeks, sending thick smoke over much of the country and down into the United States.
The Mesa firefighters are on a mission. They're battling more than 400 active wildfires across Canada. 20 Mesa hot shots are currently deployed to Canada and they're stationed in central Alberta, which is about three hours north of Edmonton.The wildfires have forced thousands to evacuate, and blanketed parts of the U.S. with smoke.A youth baseball team from Phoenix is in New York all week playing baseball games, but they had to postpone a game because of the smoke from Canada's wildfires.
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