Canadian seafood businesses recount narrow escapes from raging wildfires

Canadian seafood businesses that have battled raging wildfires in recent weeks are finally finding time to get word out about the status of their facilities, with several close calls reported. More than 2,600 fires have consumed about 13 million acres of forest in Canada thus far in 2023. In recent weeks, the smoke was so bad it darkened skies across Eastern Canada and the Eastern United States. Dry conditions, exacerbated by climate change, have been blamed for the fires, according to the…