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Daniel walks in the studio.

Daniel is in his twenties, with short curly brown hair and wears glasses, off white Bermuda shorts, and a blue striped TVO Kids T-shirt. He carries a fan.

He fans himself and says WELCOME BACK TO
TVOK NEWS.
WHOO!

On a screen behind him appears a picture of a devastating fire in a wooded area with the caption "Fires in Ontario."

Daniel says 2018 HAS SEEN A RECORD BREAKING
HEATWAVE ALL OVER THE WORLD,
DUE AND PART TO CLIMATE CHANGE.
NOW, THE LACK OF RAIN AND
INCREASE IN LIGHTNING
HAS CAUSED WAY MORE
FIRES THAN USUAL.
THIS YEAR, THERE HAS BEEN
OVER 800 WILDFIRES
IN ONTARIO SO FAR, AND WE
NORMALLY GET ONLY 500
FOR THE WHOLE YEAR.
NOW, SOME FOREST FIRES ARE
ACTUALLY GOOD FOR FORESTS.
THEY STIMULATE NEW GROWTH,
OLD ROTTING
TREES BURN UP,
AND HEALTHIER NEW TREES
TAKE THEIR PLACE.
BUT, THIS INCREASE HAS A LOT
OF SCIENTISTS WORRIED
ABOUT ECOSYSTEMS THAT
MAY NOT GROW BACK.
RIGHT THIS SECOND IN
NORTHERN ONTARIO,
THERE ARE 139 FIRES RAGING,
AND 44 OF THOSE
ARE OUT OF CONTROL.

A map on the screen shows the location of the fires.

Daniel says ONE SUCH FIRE,
CALLED "PARRY SOUND 33,"
IS ALMOST 90 SQUARE KILOMETRES
IN SIZE.
THAT'S 16,000 FOOTBALL FIELDS.
AND IT IS ONLY 5 KM AWAY FROM
THE TRANS CANADA HIGHWAY.
NOW, YOU MAY BE ASKING
TO YOURSELF,
"WHAT CAN I DO TO HELP?"
WELL, ALTHOUGH LIGHTNING
CAUSES HALF OF ALL OF THE
FOREST FIRES IN CANADA,
THE OTHER HALF IS US HUMANS.
IF YOU ARE IN A FIRE RESTRICTED
AREA IN ONTARIO,
MAKE SURE YOUR FAMILY IS NOT
LIGHTING ANY CAMPFIRES.
YOU KNOW WHAT, YOU'LL JUST HAVE
TO EAT YOUR HOTDOGS COLD.

He pretends to eat a prop hot dog and says MMM, YOU KNOW WHAT,
STILL TASTES AMAZING.
STAY TUNED TVO KIDS,
OUR FEATURE IS COMING UP NEXT.
IT'S GOOD.

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