Since then, about 2,000 federal firefighters have been sent to Canada in rotations. As of July 17, there were 401 federal firefighters in Canada, many of them in Quebec, the agency said.

Here in Quebec, it's kind of like a major firestorm sweeping across Minnesota or Wisconsin or Maine. It's not unheard of, but it's really, really rare. SHAPIRO: You cover climate change for NPR.

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