Although it is still winter, around 150 forest fires have already been active in British Columbia and Alberta since last month, unlike the usual ten.
The cause: drought and lack of snow, which favor the appearance of “zombie fires”. These difficult-to-detect fires burn underground before re-emerging weeks later. They are common in Western Canada, where experts fear a new season of mega fires. But they remain very rare in Quebec, where spring precipitation will make it possible to better predict the future fire season.