The Brunswick Creek wildfire burns close to Boston Bar, B.C., on July 7.James MacDonald/The Globe and Mail
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There are hundreds of wildfires burning across Canada, with several threatening communities and forcing residents to flee or prepare to evacuate at a moment’s notice.
The fires have also sent smoke billowing to other parts of the country and beyond its borders, prompting air quality warnings from Environment Canada and the ire of U.S. President Donald Trump, who threatened retaliatory tariffs if Canada can’t contain its fires.
Globe reporter Jesse Winter and emergency physician Dr. Shazma Mithani answered reader questions on this year’s wildfire season, how firefighters and governments across Canada are fighting the fires and how to reduce the health effects of smoke. Read their responses in the comments below.