From Hoses and Shovels to Water Bombers: How Wildfires Are Being Fought Across Canada

From Hoses and Shovels to Water Bombers: How Wildfires Are Being Fought Across Canada
A firefighter directs water on a grass fire burning on an acreage behind a residential property in Kamloops, B.C., on June 5, 2023. The Canadian Press/Darryl Dyck
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The techniques used to put out the wildfires that are burning across Canada vary somewhat depending on geography, but ultimately they depend on people on the ground with hoses and shovels digging out hot spots one by one, experts say.

As of midday Thursday, there were 430 fires burning across Canada, including 235 that were out of control, according to the Canadian Interagency Forest Fire Centre.