The United States has offered to provide additional support to Canada to help it respond to the devastating wildfires that continue to rage across the country, impacting air quality in eastern parts of the United States.
President Joe Biden offered Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau the extra support during a phone call between the two leaders on June 7, according to a statement from the White House.
The call came as an estimated 414 fires continue to burn in Canada, of which 239 are considered “out of control,” according to the Canadian Interagency Forest Fire Centre.
More than 3.8 million hectares have burned across the country so far, including roughly 500,000 acres in Quebec alone, sending thick plumes of smoke into the United States and drastically impacting air quality….