The United States sends satellite data to Canada to help detect forest fires. PHOTO/Reuters
Previously, the United States sent more than 600 firefighters to Canada to help put out the fires. President Joe Biden, who has linked wildfires to climate change, said US officials were monitoring air quality and flight delays.
“Starting today, DOD personnel will analyze and share real-time data from U.S. satellites and sensors,” U.S. National Security Council spokesman Adam Hodge said in a statement. quoted by Reuters.
“We then delivered our services through a cooperative agreement between the US National Interagency Fire Center and the Canadian Interagency Forest Fire Center,” he continued.
He said the Biden administration was also deploying additional wildfire-fighting personnel and equipment to Canada.
Canada has had its most damaging start to the fire season yet, with some 4.8 million hectares already burned, an area larger than the Netherlands.
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