Canada is currently combating 800 wildfires, with 223 of them uncontrolled. The "Canadian Joint Air Operations Centre" stated in a report that "this year's fires are unusually extensive and affect areas from the west coast to the Atlantic provinces in the east and the north." It mentioned the impact on Jasper National Park in western Canada, where the fires have been raging for weeks, damaging an area exceeding 33,000 hectares.