Canada reports 10 new wildfires


By Lin Wei
  • World
  • Saturday, 10 Jun 2023

OTTAWA, June 9 (Xinhua) -- There were ten new wildfires burning in Canada on Friday, bringing the total number of wildfires in the country so far this year to 2,405, the Canadian Interagency Forest Fire Centre said.

There were 422 active wildfires on Friday, down from 431 on Thursday. The number of out-of-control wildfires fell to 219 on Friday from Thursday's 234, the centre said in a daily update on its website.

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