High Wildfire Risk Across Western Canada This Summer: Natural Resources Canada

Police watch a convoy of cars and trucks pass a wildfire as they are evacuated from Fort McMurray, Alberta, on May 7, 2016. Federal scientists are predicting the 2020 summer wildfire season could be well above average for much of Canada, especially Western provinces. Jonathan Hayward /The Canadian Press via AP

This summer’s wildfire season could be “well above average” for much of Canada, especially Western provinces, according to federal scientists.

Natural Resources Canada released projections Tuesday showing an elevated fire risk starting in June that stretches from B.C. and across most of the prairies, to Northern Ontario and the territories.