The source of thick smoke in the Canadian capital has been extinguished at the ignition point. Reporter | Ottawa | Thick smoke
In recent days, wildfires in Canada have been raging, causing serious air pollution to many cities in Canada and even the United States. Ottawa, the capital of Canada, was also temporarily shrouded in thick smoke.
On the 8th local time, CCTV reporters arrived at Lake Centennial, over 100 kilometers away from Ottawa. The forest fire that occurred a few days ago here is believed to be the main source of thick smoke over Ottawa.
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CCTV reporter Zhang Sen: This is Centennial Lake, which is over 100 kilometers away from Ottawa. On the 6th, the sky in Ottawa was shrouded in thick smoke. The thick smoke came from the ignition point on the other side of Lake Centennial, and as this ignition point was extinguished, the sky in Ottawa basically returned to normal.
Local resident O'Brien: The fire started on an island not far from where we were standing. It may be about two kilometers away from here to there, and I could see smoke and a lot of black smoke there at that time.
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O'Brien said he has lived here for over 60 years and has never seen such a big fire before. On the mountain road passing through the century old lake, although the road is surrounded by lush trees, the reporter still saw a warning sign indicating the forest fire risk level, which is marked as the highest level.
On the evening of the 8th local time, there were still 58 fires in Ontario, where Ottawa is located, all located in the northeast and northwest regions.
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In another province with severe wildfires, Quebec, although the fire situation has improved compared to the previous day, dropping from 149 to 137, most wildfires are still out of control, with approximately 13500 people still in evacuation throughout the province.