OTTAWA - Allies around the world are promising to boost support for Canada’s fight against hundreds of blazes amidwhich is fuelling concerns about the worsening consequences of climate change.
US Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer on Thursday called on Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack to double the number of US personnel available to help fight wildfires in Canada. France, Portugal and Spain were sending more than 280 firefighters, European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen said on Thursday.Some of the worst fires have sprung up in the eastern province of Quebec, where some 12,600 people have had to evacuate their homes, provincial Public Safety Minister Francois Bonnardel told a briefing on Thursday.
In parts of the Pacific province of British Columbia, which is battling the second-biggest wildfire on record, temperatures were forecast to hit 33 deg C on Thursday, before thunderstorms and heavy rains arrive on Friday.