IN OTHER NEWS – SA FIREFIGHTERS GO TO CANADA BY JESSIE TAYLOR
Fighting wildfires: SA offers expertise to Canada
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ore than 400 firefighters have travelled from South Africa to Canada, to aid in extensive efforts to quell wildfires in Alberta, Canada. The wildfires have raged since March and have affected 11 provinces. At least 30 000 people have been evacuated from their homes. Smoke from the wildfires
has caused air quality alerts and evacuations in the US and Europe.
that this year could be the most destructive wildfire season on record.
While the wildfire season is Canada runs from May to October, it does not usually bring such severe destruction so early in the season. This has prompted scientists to speculate
BATTLING CLIMATE CHANGE At the centre of the devastatio is extreme temperatures and drought, driven by climate change.
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