Evacuations ordered as wildfires rip through Canada’s west coast
Al Jazeera
Dozens of huge wildfires in British Columbia come after Canadian province saw record-breaking heat wave.
Residents in several parts of British Columbia have been ordered to evacuate as wildfires are raging across the Canadian province following a record heat wave that officials say contributed to hundreds of deaths. Around midday on Saturday, 176 fires were considered active across BC, including 76 that were reported over the past two days, according to a BC Wildfire Service dashboard. “Generally speaking, we’re three weeks ahead of our drying cycle,” Cliff Chapman, director of regional operations for the BC Wildfire Service, told reporters on Friday afternoon, as reported by CBC News.
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