Smoke from Canadian wildfires has carried another day of poor air quality south of the border to the American Midwest.

About 200 fires are actively burning in Canada and have consumed about 19,900 square kilometres of terrain, most of it in the last week. View on euronews

Thick smoke from wildfires choking millions of Canadians and Americans was reported to have blown up to 7,000 kilometers, reaching Europe.

Wildfires in Canada have forced thousands of residents to evacuate in three provinces, impacting air quality in the U.S. — and smoke from the deadly fires has even blown across the Atlantic and reached parts of Europe.

Smoke from Canadian wildfires carried another day of poor air quality south of the border to the American Midwest. Huge plumes of smoke have even reached Europe, the European Union's climate monitoring service said Tuesday.

As Canada is again dealing with massive wildfires, the increasing severity of the natural disasters is having the knock-on effect of spiking the demand for water bomber planes — and it will be years before Canada gets its hands on a new one.

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