Overview

• Fires have ravaged more than 2.2 million hectares of forest and grassland as of June 5
• Provincial emergencies in central Canada have prompted evacuations of over 31,000 residents, including the entire town of La Ronge
• A single blaze near La Ronge has consumed over 470,000 hectares and continues to spread unchecked
• Smoke plumes have degraded air quality across central Canada and into northern US states
• Officials attribute most fires to poorly extinguished campfires compounded by drought conditions worsened by climate change