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The cumulative monthly fires occurring in Canada from May 2016 to July 2023, according to data from the World Fire Atlas.
Data, which is in terms of ‘pixels’, show that there were 11 598 fire pixels in Canada during the first seven months of 2023. This is a 705% increase compared to the average number of fire pixels detected over the same period (from 1 January to 31 July) of the previous six years (from 2017 to 2022).
Canada is currently battling the country's worst wildfire season on record, with more than 10 million hectares of land burned, which is said to increase in the coming weeks.
Read full story: Counting wildfires across the globe