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Mexico Sends 104 Firefighters to Canada to Combat Wildfires

The Mexican government dispatched a contingent of 104 emergency specialists, including 99 men and five women, from 24 states to Thunder Bay in Ontario, Canada. The deployment is governed by a bilateral Memorandum of Understanding and an Operational Plan for the exchange of resources for forest‑fire management between Mexico and Canada.

Canada has reported at least 800 active wildfires, with smoke impairing air quality in U.S. cities such as New York and Boston. The mission, coordinated by Mexico’s Secretariat of Environment and Natural Resources (Semarnat) and the National Forestry Commission (Conafor), also includes up to six brigadists from the state of Puebla. The deployment underscores bilateral cooperation on emergency response and environmental crises.

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Canada · Conafor (National Forestry Commission) · Government of Mexico · Mexico · Semarnat (Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources) · Semarnat (Secretariat of Environment and Natural Resources) · Thunder Bay · Thunder Bay, Ontario

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