Canada with the worst air in the world. The reason for forest fires

Due to the forests in Canada, the air quality in Montreal in Canada was described on Saturday as the worst in the world – according to the data of the Swiss company IQAIR.

According to the media, the directions of the wind meant that Montreal were fires from forest fires in the southern part of the province of Quebec, as well as from North Ontario, Manitoby and Saskatchewan.

The IQAIR gathering data on air pollution in the world informed on Saturday before noon that it was in Montreal that the most polluted air was. In the afternoon, Montreal fell to second place, placing behind Kinhasa, the capital of the Democratic Republic of Congo.

In the morning, the Montreal air pollution indicator was 191, and in the scale of the Swiss company Measurement in the range of 151-200 means “unhealthy”. In the afternoon in Montreal, the measurement indicated 175.

According to data from the Canadian Ministry of the Environment, air quality in Montreal was called “10” on Saturday, which means high risk, and the situation is to start to improve from Saturday night to Sunday.

In Canada, firefighters are currently fighting 546 forest fires-the French-speaking public broadcaster Radio-Canada informed.

In mid -July, Toronto, the largest city of Canada, was in the second place on the list of world cities with the most polluted for forests. On July 6, Toronto and Montreal were among the five cities with the most polluted air.

From Toronto Anna Lach (PAP)

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