Lightning, which is more common in hotter temperatures, is usually the cause of wildfires that burn the most land. In 2023, scientists at Canada’s natural resources department found that lightning sparked fires that burned 93 percent of the total wildfire area, and the remaining seven percent of the area burned from human causes.

Cristiano Ronaldo scores the winner as Portugal fight back to beat Germany 2-1 and reach the Nations League final. More than a dozen abandoned boats were airlifted by a helicopter off an uninhabited island in Washington state's Puget Sound for an operation funded by a federal grant.

Social media posts highlighting government statistics reporting most blazes in Manitoba province were "human caused" imply climate change does not feed into warmer and drier conditions in Canada. But fires,

The Canadian province of Manitoba has declared a state of emergency over a series of wildfires, and Prime Minister Mark Carney has agreed to send in the military to help.

The federal government has deployed members of t Armed Forces to help evacuate a northwestern Ontario First Nation as wildfires rapidly spread in the region, Prime Minister Mark Carney

In an ominous reminder of the summer of 2023, Canada’s worst wildfire season on record, smoke from the wildfires has been impacting air quality in several US states. The smoke has also billowed across the Atlantic and caused hazy skies in parts of western Europe.