This is called a holdover fire, which can keep burning after a wildfire is One of the immediate dangers of the 868 fires which have burned so extinguished, even over the course of an entire winter. [...] According to In Canada, we have had double the average number of fires in data tracked by The World Air Quality Index, on May 21, 2023, 2023, and the problem is hitting Eastern Canada worse than ever. [...] Fires release valuable nutrients stored in debris on the forest floor and Among the hardest hit by the fires are people with disabilities, open the forest canopy to sunlight resulting in new growth. [...] PHOTOS: Leif Gregersen It is also believed that for those in affected areas, the cumulative One of the unfortunate realities of losing a home to wildfires is that stress of poor air quality, the possibility of needing to be evacuated, many rural homeowners don’t have adequate fire insurance. [...] The provincial government has recruited firefighters from all The Alberta government has some efforts in place to support the over the world to join the fight, more than 2,000 of them coming needs of evacuees.
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