Wildfires in Canada break records for area burned, evacuations and cost

Fighting the fires has taken on a global proportion, with assistance from a number of countries (Noah Berger/AP)

Wildfires raging across Canada have already broken records for total area burned, the number of people forced to evacuate their homes and the cost of fighting the blazes, and the fire season is only halfway through, officials said.

“It’s no understatement to say that the 2023 fire season is and will continue to be record-breaking in a number of ways,” said Michael Norton, director general at the Northern Forestry Centre, Canadian Forest Service.