Here’s why you may smell smoke near Toronto’s High Park
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The City of Toronto will conduct its annual burn of High Park on Tuesday.
The City of Toronto will conduct its annual burn of High Park on Tuesday.
A “deliberately set and carefully controlled” fire will burn in five areas at the park, near Bloor Street and Parkside in the city’s west-end, between 11 a.m. and 6 p.m.
It is contingent on favourable weather conditions.
The process is part of Toronto’s long-term plan to restore and protect rare Black Oak woodlands and savannahs within the park. The fire burns close to the ground, officials say, and consumes dried leaves, small twigs and grass stems. Larger trees should not be impacted.
The idea is that the flames leave behind scorched earth so that vegetation can come back stronger and healthier.
Photos from the park last year showed heavy smoke encompassing trees and vegetation as officials monitored the flames. In some moments, the trees were hardly visible under a thick wall of smoke.
