About 200 fires are actively burning in Canada and have consumed about 19,900 square kilometres of terrain, most of it in the last week. View on euronews

Wildfires scorching several Canadian provinces have driven at least 33,400 people from their homes, with smoke now reaching all the way to Europe.

Plumes of smoke from the wildfires burning in Canada have been blown across the Atlantic Ocean to Europe, with more expected to arrive this week, satellite data shows.

The white mist seen in France is not dangerous as most of the toxic gases dissipate while crossing the Atlantic ocean. The smoke also tends to remain at high altitude (around 9,000m), therefore having no significant impact on surface air quality.

Heavy smoke from intense wildfires in Canada has reached northwestern Europe, the European Union's climate monitoring service has said.

In an ominous reminder of the summer of 2023, Canada’s worst wildfire season on record, smoke from the wildfires has been impacting air quality in several US states. The smoke has also billowed across the Atlantic and caused hazy skies in parts of western Europe.

Wind pushed smoke from Alberta and B.C.’s wildfires to Calgary Tuesday night into Wednesday morning, leading to an air quality warning for the city and a large portion of the province. Some of those fires have grown significantly due to the merging of four smaller blazes into two larger ones.