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2023-06-08 12:21:36 UTC - MISINFORMED_OR_POTENTIALLY_MISLEADING

Half of Canada's wildfires are started by lightning, accounting for more than 85% of wildfire destruction. The others are human-caused. In Quebec, for example, fires were sparked by lightning, but officials in Alberta have said that the cause of fires there is currently unknown https://www.cbsnews.com/news/how-did-the-wildfires-in-canada-start-cause-nova-scotia-quebec/

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• Half of Canada's wildfires are started by lightning, accounting for more than 85% of wildfire destruction. The others are human-caused. In Quebec, for example, fires were sparked by lightning, but officials in Alberta have said that the cause of fires there is currently unknown https://www.cbsnews.com/news/how-did-the-wildfires-in-canada-start-cause-nova-scotia-quebec/