The US Department of Defense will share satellite information with Canada to help fight the fires that have ravaged the forests of the North American country for weeks.
The White House detailed in a statement that staff from the Pentagon will analyze and share “real-time data” on the fires using US satellites and sensors.
“This technology can give early warning of emerging fires in remote areas so that fires can be stopped before they spread and burn out of control,” a government spokesman explained.
In addition, Washington will send more material and agents to the neighboring country to fight the fire, such as tanker planes and paratrooper firefighters.
The cooperation aims to “do everything possible to reduce the degradation of air quality in US communities caused by smoke from the fires burning in Canada,” the government detailed.
LLast week, American cities such as New York or Washington suffered a thick haze of smoke particles that forced the closure of public schools and led the authorities to recommend citizens not to leave their homes.
According to the figures released this Thursday by the Canadian authorities, there are currently 470 active fires in the country, despite the fact that the rains and the drop in temperatures have improved the weather conditions in recent days.
In Quebec, authorities have indicated that the rain that will fall in the province through at least Saturday will help control the flames but will not be enough to extinguish any of the 126 active fires.
Meanwhile, in the west of the country, in the province of British Columbia, the Donnie Creek fire, the second largest in the history of the region, has already consumed 4,660 square kilometers of forest since May 12.
So far in 2023, the flames have destroyed more than 4.8 million hectares of forest, an area equal to that of Belgium, Luxembourg, Andorra and Malta combined.
With information from EFE Agency.
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