(Reuters) - Firefighters in western Canada are battling the first major wildfires of 2024, which sparked into life after unseasonably warm temperatures and an ongoing drought left forests tinder-dry.

2023 was Canada's worst ever wildfire season when 18.5 million hectares burned and blazes raged simultaneously in the east and west of the country. WHAT IS CAUSING THE FIRES?

(Reuters) -Firefighters in western Canada are battling the first major wildfires of 2024 after unseasonably warm temperatures and an ongoing drought left forests tinder-dry. Wildfire season in Canada ...

Explainer-Canada Wildfire Season Is Starting: Here's What to Know By Nia Williams (Reuters) -Firefighters in western Canada are battling the first major wildfires of 2024 after unseasonably warm ...

Firefighters in western Canada are battling the first major wildfires of 2024 after unseasonably warm temperatures and an ongoing drought left forests tinder-dry. Wildfire season in Canada ...

May 14 (Reuters) - Firefighters in western Canada are battling the first major wildfires of 2024 after unseasonably warm temperatures and an ongoing drought left forests tinder-dry. Wildfire ...

Firefighters in western Canada are battling the first major wildfires of 2024. The blazes prompted evacuation orders for parts of northern British Columbia and Alberta... And it's forecast to be a ...

Thousands of people in western Canada are facing the wrath of wildfires this week amid severe drought. Some six thousand people were told to evacuate Fort McMurray, Alberta, where 90,000 residents ...

Toronto — Wildfire season has arrived in full force in Western Canada, prompting evacuation orders and alerts in several towns in British Columbia and neighboring Alberta due to the danger of ...

Wildfires have prompted evacuation orders and alerts in western Canada just days after officials warned of “significant risk” from the natural hazard this summer. A fire near Fort McMurray, Alta.