With more than a thousand fires foresters active in Canadahelps to contain ravaged of them is essential, therefore a new group of 100 agents Mexicans and a technique, specialized in fighting forest fires they travelled to this country.

The fourth group of specialists is made up of around a hundred fighters and a forest fire technician, coming from Guadalajara to the province of British Columbia.

According to the Canadian Interagency Wildfire Center, more than a thousand wildfires are active in the region, including 379 in the province of British Columbia, where Mexican aid will arrive.

During this season, 5,850 were registered fires which affected 15.3 million hectares.

Note that this Wednesday, the second intervention team sent on July 5 returned, a contingent which concluded its mission in the Prince George region after 49 days of firefighting work.

Currently There remain 185 women and men sent by Mexico who continue to support coordination, control, liquidation actions and specialized fire management techniques.

According to a study by World Weather Attribution, weather prone to fires The temperature was 20 to 50 percent more intense due to climate change: May and June saw the highest national temperature of the last two months, at 0.8°C.

High temperatures, combined with low humidity and the rapid appearance of snow cover, favored the rapid spread of fires in Canada.

“In many parts of Canada, snow cover limits the onset and extent of the fire season, since if the forest is covered in snow and moisture from melting ice, the likelihood of fire ignites and spreads is weak,” explains Philippe Gachon, professor at the University of Quebec in Montreal.

However, this year, high temperatures caused a thaw and disappearance of snow during the month of May, particularly in eastern Quebec, leading to unusually early forest fires. “The continued loss of snow due to global warming means that forest fires will burn several days a year in Canada,” added the specialist.

fire season Forestry in Canada is the most devastating on record in the country, with nearly 15.3 million hectares burned as of August 21. At least 17 people have died and more than 200,000 have been evacuated from affected areas, the highest number of wildfire casualties since 1980.

We know that out of more than a thousand active fires, 663 exceed the extinguishing capacity, so the fire is already under control.

A few days ago, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs confirmed the death of two Mexicans following the fires occurred on the island of Maui in Hawaii.

It is to date the worst natural tragedy to have occurred in the American archipelago, in which at least two Mexicans perished.

Multiple fires fueled by the winds caused by Hurricane Dora triggered the alert on the island of Hawaii, where despite the efforts of firefighters, the flames did not go out.