Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney said on July 18 that under the influence of extreme heatwaves and record-breaking dry weather, Canada is facing one of the worst wildfire seasons in history, and the government is adopting a “full mobilization” approach to deal with the disaster situation. Carney said that at present, more than 5,300 firefighters have been deployed across the country, and nearly 300 aircraft of various types are on the front line to extinguish fires. According to the latest data released by the Canadian Interdepartmental Forest Fire Service on the 18th, 3,815 wildfires have been recorded across Canada since this year, covering an area of more than 2.9 million hectares. Canada's forest cover rate is among the highest in the world. Due to rising temperatures and frequent heatwaves due to global climate change, the risk of forest fires has increased, and large-scale wildfires have often broken out in Canada in recent years. Large amounts of smoke from wildfires have deteriorated air quality in Canada and many parts of the northeastern United States.

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