Canadian Wildfires Choke New York, Prompting Deployment of Forest Rangers.
New York Governor Kathy Hochul dispatched seven forest rangers to Quebec to aid with firefighting efforts there as much of New York was choked by thick wildfire smoke blowing down from nearly 150 blazes in the Canadian province. More than 430 fires were burning across almost every section of Canada, with 234 deemed “out of control,” according to the Canadian Interagency Forest Fire Centre. The hard-to-get-to rural blazes have been fueled by extremely dry conditions, forecasters say. The deployment came as experts warned that New York City could be shrouded by more smoke and haze in the coming weeks and months from the ongoing disaster up north, even as dangerous air quality concerns were expected to be quelled by the weekend.
