![]() ![]() The FAA also paused flights from the Upper Midwest and East Coast bound for LaGuardia. ![]() ET, according to the Federal Aviation Administration. The wildfire smoke creeping across the Northeast is affecting air travel today.ĭepartures were grounded at New York City's LaGuardia Airport “due to low visibility” until 2 p.m. "Firefighters are stepping up, first responders are stepping up in harrowing situations to save their fellow citizens," Trudeau said Wednesday.īlair said there have been more than 2,200 wildfires across Canada this year, which have burned about 3.8 million hectares, or about 9.4 million acres. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau hailed firefighters in Nova Scotia as heroes after they went into a burning community to rescue an elderly man who had been unaware of the fire threat. Hundreds of members of the armed forces have also been deployed to assist in firefighting and other response efforts, officials said. "It’s all hands on deck, and it’s around the clock," Blair said. There were 414 wildfires burning Wednesday, “239 of which are determined to be out of control,” Bill Blair, Canada’s minister of emergency preparedness, said at a news conference.Īn estimated 20,183 people remained evacuated from their communities, Blair said, adding that all parts of the government were working together. More than 20,000 people in Canada remained displaced from their homes Wednesday as hundreds of wildfires burned across the country, officials said.
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