Smoke from Quebec plunges New York and the US East Coast into an apocalyptic haze

More than 100 million Americans are affected by air quality warnings. On Wednesday, the pollution, which sometimes took the form of an orange haze, engulfed several major cities.

On social networks, Internet users do not hesitate to compare images of New York Blade Runner 2049 And Other science fiction. A thick orange haze covered America’s largest city and much of the country’s East Coast on Wednesday, June 7. The forest fires ravaging Quebec trace their origin thousands of kilometers to the north. According to The Society for the Protection of Forests Against Fire in the province estimated on Wednesday that there were 140 active fires, of which a hundred were not under control. On an unprecedented scale, it is also affecting other parts of Canada. A hundred firefighters sent by France are expected on Friday.

>> statement. “It’s apocalyptic!” : In Canada, an out-of-control forest fire ravages northern Quebec

The smoke emitted by this fire is moving towards south. On Wednesday, more than 100 million people in the United States were affected by “orange” or “red” weather warnings and calls to protect themselves from poor air quality. Flights were canceled due to lack of visibility in the direction of US Civil Aviation. Major Canadian cities such as Montreal and Ottawa are also affected. Francinfo returns in pictures to this fascinating and disturbing phenomenon.