US EditionMore people leave homes in Canada as huge wildfires spread
- More than 200 active wildfires have burned over 5 million acres across Canada by early June 2025, mainly in Manitoba, Saskatchewan, and Alberta.
- Hot, dry weather and strong winds fueled fire spread in the prairie provinces, causing widespread evacuations and several provincial states of emergency.
- Evacuations displaced at least 33,400 people, including many from Indigenous communities, while fires destroyed hundreds of structures and cultural sites.
- Over 115 million individuals in the eastern regions of the United States and Canada were issued air quality alerts due to hazardous smoke, with fine particulate matter PM2.5 posing significant health dangers.
- The crisis highlights gaps in social infrastructure and climate policy, suggesting the need for systemic change beyond current resource responses and emergency measures.
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Manitoba leads fire crises in Canada with 300,000 hectares affected. More than 17,000 evacuees face smoke and low air quality.
Because of the forest fires in Canada, the authorities have ordered further evacuations.
Due to the large forest fires in Canada, the authorities have ordered further evacuations: more than 31,000 people were ordered to get to safety from the flames by Wednesday. In the whole country, the fire brigade is now fighting more than 200 fires, which have already destroyed more than 2.2 million hectares of land – an area larger than Israel. More than half of the fires have not yet been brought under control. The most affected are the provi…
The Canadian fire brigade is fighting more than 200 forest fires across the country. In the most affected regions there has been a state of emergency for days. More than 31,000 people had to be evacuated.
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