Why does Canada have so many wildfires this season?
By Ana Faguy & Nadine Yousif
Thousands of people in western Canada are facing the wrath of growing wildfires this week amid severe drought in the country.
There were several fires burning across Canada as of Tuesday, with a few dangerously close to towns and cities.
The Parker Lake fire near Fort Nelson began after high winds knocked over a tree and it crashed on to a power line and caught fire, Rob Fraser, Mayor of the Northern Rockies Municipality, told CBC News, external last week.
