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France to send dozens of firefighters to Canada to fight raging wildfires in Quebec

French president Emmanuel Macron has promised to send about a hundred firefighters to Quebec, Canada, to help in the effort to battle hundreds of uncontrolled forest fires that have forced evacuations and sent a blanket of smoky air across the United States’ east coast.

Radio France Internationale

Millions of people forced indoors as wildfire haze smothers US cities

Major US cities including New York are choking under a dangerous blanket of smoke from hundreds of wildfires raging in Canada.

The New Daily

Canada’s record wildfires should be ‘wake-up call’, experts warn

Images of orange, hazy skies across Canada and parts of US fuel calls to tackle climate crisis making wildfires worse.

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How to keep safe as wildfire smoke chokes eastern US skies

Exposure to smoke can trigger an array of health problems, experts say, but there are ways residents can stay safe

The Guardian - US

Satellite photos show US East Coast engulfed by smoke from Canadian wildfires

The U.S. Northeast woke up to a "horribly smoky day" on Wednesday (June 7) as a low-pressure system funnels toxic smoke from wildfires in Canada across the Atlantic Coast.

Space

Smoke from Canadian wildfires leads to record poor air quality in eastern U.S.

Air quality has plunged in the East and parts of the Midwest due to record-shattering Canadian fires.

Axios

Canada wildfires smoke: climate change ‘accelerated conditions’, says New York mayor as Canada battles more than 400 blazes – as it happened

Eric Adams remarks come as city briefly ranked world’s worst for air pollution; more firefighters to be mobilised as over 200 blazes are out of control

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Lorry bursts into flames on quiet Scots road as person rushed to hospital

The entire orange truck was consumed by an inferno in Strathaven, Lanarkshire, on Tuesday.

Daily Record

Statue of Liberty shrouded in smoke from Canada wildfires

High-risk air quality warnings issued for millions across North America as smoke from blazes blanket cities

Evening Standard

Poor Air Quality Grips The New York Metropolitan Area As The Canadian Wildfire Goes On

A fiery, red sun rose in a sky packed with smoke Tuesday morning unusual for New York with strong haze coming from Canada.

Zenger

As Historic Canadian Wildfire Season Rages As The Haze Of Smoke Moves Into The U.S.

Wildfires have set millions of acres ablaze across Canada so far in 2023 as the air quality affected the metropolitan areas.

Zenger

Quebec confronts 150 wildfires, effects felt as far away as New York City, New England

Northern Quebec’s largest town was being evacuated while another that had been threatened by wildfires lifted an evacuation order Tuesday, as authorities turned their attention to communities in the northern and northwestern parts of the province where firefighters worked to beat back threats from out-of-control blazes

The Independent UK

Continuing wildfires in Canada prompt air quality warnings in northeastern US

Intense Canadian wildfires are blanketing the northeastern U.S. in a dystopian haze, turning the air acrid, the sky yellowish gray and prompting warnings for vulnerable populations to stay inside.

France 24

Canada wildfires lead to air-quality alerts in US, here's how to stay safe

Canada is dealing with a series of intense wildfires that have spread from the western provinces to Quebec, with hundreds of forest fires burning

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Daily Record

Investigators scour scene of Edinburgh flat fire as probe launched

A blaze ripped through a tenement building on South Bridge on Saturday afternoon.

ABC News

Defence helicopter pilot denies failure to alert authorities to Orroral Valley bushfire was due to fear of tarnishing military's reputation

One of the pilots from the Defence helicopter that started the devastating January 2020 Orroral Valley fire near Canberra tells a coronial inquest he was totally focused on getting his passengers to safety.

Nottingham Post

Residents' shock as fire breaks out in 'lovely' former school building in town centre

"It smelt like someone was burning rubbish in their garden"

The Independent UK

Canadian province of Quebec looks for international support to fight wildfires

The premier of Canada’s French-speaking province of Quebec says he is looking internationally for support as it struggles to battle more than 160 forest fires and federal officials warned Canada is track for its worst fire season ever

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The Conversation

Wildfire preparedness and response must include planning for unhoused people and other vulnerable populations

The 2023 Canadian wildfire season is off to a roaring start. In Alberta, there have been more than 560 wildfires so far — the highest recorded number of fires since 2018, and the season has only just begun. Tens of thousands of residents have been evacuated and a state of…

Reuters

Canada on track for its worst-ever wildfire season

Canada is on track for its worst-ever year of wildfire destruction as warm and dry conditions are forecast to persist through to the end of the summer after an unprecedented start to the fire season, officials said on Monday.

Chicago Sun-Times

High ozone levels, wildfire smoke spur air quality alerts in Chicago

The state declared an “Air Pollution Action Day” on Monday, warning air quality could be unhealthy for sensitive groups throughout the day.

The National (Scotland)

Firefighters must be equiped to battle 'new normal' of wildfires in Scotland

Two firefighters were injured after being in an accident in their all-terrain vehicle while tackling a massive blaze in the Highlands - the smoke…

Wales Online

The places in Wales most at risk from the threat of severe grassfires this weekend according to the Met Office

Different parts of the country are more at risk than others when it comes to how a wildfire could spread out of control

Al Jazeera

Canada wildfires spread to new areas, prompting more evacuations

About 10,000 people have been ordered to leave a city in Quebec, amid hundreds of fires burning across the country.

Daily Record

Highlands wildfire shows how Scotland is unprepared for climate change, experts warn

An inferno which ripped through 30 square miles around Cannich, near Loch Ness, may be the biggest forest fire recorded in UK history.

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