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NZ firefighters head to Canada to aid wildfire response

07:56 am on 23 May 2023

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A close-up of the Fire and Emergency NZ logo. Photo: Marika Khabazi / RNZ

Tomorrow a team of 25 firefighters will head to Canada to join massive efforts to battle wildfires just north of the US-Canadian border.

There are roughly 90 active blazes in Alberta with more than 20,000 people evacuated from their homes.

Jamie Cowan, who will be leading the deployment to Canada, joins Guy Espiner.