Even the Mojave dessert is on fire. In the Southwest, cactus have died from the heat. Possibly complicating the Canadian wildfire is the surface shale oil according to a 93-year-old from that area of Canada that I was speaking to. Our Chenango Forks farm in NYS had oil and methane that would bubble and seep to the surface but is far different from the underground coal fires in PA. It is possible shale oil plays a role in the Canadian fires but I do not know.