International Firefighters Join Forces to Fight Canadian Wildfires

International Firefighters , Join Forces to Fight , Canadian Wildfires.
Fire crews from ten different
countries have joined forces
to fight the Canadian wildfires. .
'The Guardian' reports that firefighters from
the United States are also helping
to combat the fires.
U.S. Forest Service Deputy Fire Chief Dustan Mueller
led a team of federal firefighters who helped fight
one of the 2,765 fires that have raged in Canada this year.
The record-breaking fire season has charred , over 14 million acres of land in Canada. .
The trees are like little matchsticks
– and just as flammable, Dustan Mueller, U.S. Forest Service deputy fire chief, via 'The Guardian'.
'The Guardian' reports that the wave of fire has
also stretched emergency resources thin, even as
the annual fire season still has months to go.
Currently, , 161 wildfires , continue to burn across Canada.
78 of those fires , are still considered to be , out of control.
The fires have left large swaths of the U.S. blanketed
by thick smoke, with Chicago and Detroit registering
the most unhealthy air in the world this week.
The fires have left large swaths of the U.S. blanketed
by thick smoke, with Chicago and Detroit registering
the most unhealthy air in the world this week.
'The Guardian' reports that the international nature
of recent firefighting efforts highlights the growing
climatological danger facing the entire world. .
'The Guardian' reports that the international nature
of recent firefighting efforts highlights the growing
climatological danger facing the entire world.