What Started The Canadian Wildfires 2025. Could a buffer shield californian homes from wildfire? In a normal season, half of canada's wildfires are started by lightning, but those fires account for more than 85% of wildfire destruction.
Dangerous wildfires have scorched tens of thousands of acres and are closing in on multiple canadian towns, forcing thousands of evacuations and degrading air quality. Canada has surpassed its record for the largest area burned by wildfires in a single year.