Nearly 700 more international firefighters coming to Canada to help battle fires

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Nearly 700 more international firefighters coming to Canada to help battle fires
MIA RABSON
OTTAWA
THE CANADIAN PRESS
PUBLISHED 5 HOURS AGO

https://www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/article-nearly-700-more-international-firefighters-coming-to-canada-to-help/

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Almost 700 firefighters from South Africa, Australia, New Zealand and the United States are set to arrive in Canada over the next two weeks to help with the unusually severe start to the wildfire season.

There are already more than 500 international firefighters, incident commanders and other workers in Alberta, and another 101 arrived from the U.S. Friday. Alberta has been battling multiple severe fires since early May and there are still 63 fires burning, 18 of them out of control.

The Canada Interagency Forest Fire Centre reported that as of Friday afternoon there were 324 fires burning across the country, and 167 are considered out of control. That includes the Tantallon fire in Halifax that has destroyed or damaged 151 homes so far.

That’s a big jump from Thursday, when the agency reported 209 fires, with 87 out of control.

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Saturday: rain today will help a great deal.