Firefighters try to extinguish wildfires in Quebec, Canada on June 18, 2023. /Getty
Canadian wildfires have burned more than 10 million hectares (24.7 million acres) this year, a record-breaking figure which will continue to rise in the coming weeks, government data showed Saturday.
The prior all-time high occurred in 1989, when 7.3 million hectares were burned, according to national figures from the Canadian Interagency Forest Fire Center (CIFFC).
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