Fire Weather book review: Canada’s wildfires are only just getting started says John Vaillant

Fire Weather: A true story from a hotter world

John Vaillant

Knopf (US); Sceptre (UK)

Since the start of May, hundreds of wildfires have burned across Canada, sending volcanic amounts of smoke and record amounts of carbon into the atmosphere. The fires have forced tens of thousands of people to evacuate their homes and millions of people to the south to breathe polluted air. They have also threatened the heart of Canada’s oil …