North America wildfires burn millions of acres in western US and Canada

North America wildfires burn millions of acres in western US and CanadaTo play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.This video can not be playedNorth America wildfires burn millions of acres in western US and CanadaCloseOver the weekend, dozens of wildfires burned over 1 million acres in the US state of Oregon. Thousands are under evacuation orders as the fires have burned homes and forced the closure of major highways.In Canada, thousands of lightning strikes from storms over the weekend also ignited fresh fires in British Columbia. Prime Minister Mark Carney has said this is one of the worst wildfire seasons on record for the country.SubsectionUS & CanadaPublished17 minutes agoShareclose panelShare pageCopy linkAbout sharingRelated topicsUnited StatesFollow United Statesclose panelYou are now following United StatesUpdates from your News topics will appear in My News and in a collection on the News homepage.CanadaFollow Canadaclose panelYou are now following CanadaUpdates from your News topics will appear in My News and in a collection on the News homepage.WildfiresFollow Wildfiresclose panelYou are now following WildfiresUpdates from your News topics will appear in My News and in a collection on the News homepage.OregonFollow Oregonclose panelYou are now following OregonUpdates from your News topics will appear in My News and in a collection on the News homepage.British ColumbiaFollow British Columbiaclose panelYou are now following British ColumbiaUpdates from your News topics will appear in My News and in a collection on the News homepage.Read description