Expect '21st-century fires,' says author John Vaillant

MAINE PUBLIC • June 19, 2023

Though Maine was spared the worst of it, many areas in the Northeast U.S. have been blanketed by smoke from Canadian wildfires in recent weeks. A new book suggests this may become more common phenomenon. In "Fire Weather," author John Vaillant chronicles a major wildfire in Fort McMurray, Alberta, that forced a major evacuation, and shut the petroleum-producing city down for a month in 2016. Vaillant said he believes that climate conditions will generate more of these fires in the decades to come.