Astonishing photos show New York blanketed in orange haze caused by wildfires

Wildfires are currently raging across Canada – and their effects are being felt on the other side of the border.

The largest town in Canada’s Northern Quebec region is being evacuated as more than 150 forest fires burn in the province, with more than 110 of them deemed out of control.

Smoke from the intense wildfires are blanketing eastern Canada and the north east of America, with effects felt as far away as New York City and the state of New England.

The sky has been turned an unpleasant orange-yellow colour and the air is acrid and smoke-filled.

Late on Tuesday authorities ordered for Chibougamau, the largest town in Northern Quebec, to be evacuated – and the current number of people evacuated from their homes has reached just over 8,300.

Vulnerable people have been warned to stay indoors, away from the smoke.

Premier Francois Legault said: ‘We’re following all of this from hour to hour, obviously.

‘If we look at the situation in Quebec as a whole, there are several places where it is still worrying.’

There is no rain predicted in the upcoming days, which makes it more difficult to fight fires – and in some places the fire has been too intense to send water bombers.

Striking photographs show the smoke has travelled towards New York – and some of its most iconic sights have been blanketed in the bizarre haze.

The Statue of Liberty stands proudly surrounded by the orange glow, while the view of the skyline from one of the city’s many viewpoints is obscured with haze.

Times Square is as busy as ever, with billboards flickering despite the strangely coloured backdrop.

And the city’s iconic silhouette which marks the beginning of countless television programmes set in New York is much less recognisable when obscured with thick smoke.

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