Michigan firefighters are in Canada helping fight some of the more than 700 active wildfires in the country, WPBN/WGTU reports. The Michigan Department of Natural Resources has sent multiple crews by helicopter to remote locations in Canada, the report said. Firefighters work 17 to 20 days before returning home.

Wildfires continue to burn across a massive area in Canada, particularly in the provinces of Saskatchewan and Manitoba.

Hundreds of wildfires in Canada are creating unhealthy air quality conditions across the Midwest, including Michigan, where some areas ranked among the worst air quality in the world Monday.