Fierce fire in Canada's forests became uncontrollable, reached residential areas; 20 thousand people left their place

Once again there is a fire in the forests of Canada. This time the flames of the forest fire have reached the residential areas. More than 20,000 people have been displaced by wildfires adjacent to the capital of Canada's Northwest Territories. At the same time, a fire is spreading rapidly in a densely populated area of ​​British Columbia, located hundreds of kilometers south of the city of Yellowknife, prompting thousands of people there to leave their homes and go to safer places. Due to the fire, many houses here got burnt. Northwest Territories officials said Friday evening that about 19,000 people had left the city of Yellowknife in less than 48 hours because of the fire, including about 15,000 in vehicles and 3,800 on emergency flights. 

"2600 people are still in the city"

Officials said about 2,600 people were still in the city, including 1,000 essential workers. Territory Environment and Climate Change Minister Shane Thompson said the situation at the wildfire remained critical and that non-emergency workers who stayed there were putting themselves and others at risk. He told the employees, "Please get out of there now." Eleven aerial tankers used water cannons to douse the blaze and another aircraft dropped fire retardants on the flames. Fire information officer Mike Westwick said: "This is the largest water response to the fire we have ever seen in this area." 

"Fire spread over 1,670 sq km"

"The fire, which was started by lightning more than a month ago, has spread to approximately 1,670 square kilometers and is not going to be put out quickly," Westwick said. The fire has crossed three different control lines due to dry weather and dense forests, he said. In the western British Columbia city of Kelowna, a city of about 38,000 people hundreds of kilometers south of the city of Yellowknife, a wildfire has spread rapidly and is out of control, burning several homes there, officials said. The rapid spread of the fire in the area prompted British Columbia Prime Minister David Abbey to declare a state of emergency. West Kelowna Fire Chief Jason Brolund said there were no reports of casualties as a result of the blaze. But some rescuers got trapped while rescuing those who failed to get out. Provincial Emergency Management Minister Bowin Ma said on Friday that we are still facing huge challenges.

The worst fire was in June

Let us tell you that earlier in June, there was the worst fire ever in the forests of Canada. Its effect was seen in almost all 10 provinces and cities here. At that time, an area of ​​about 33 thousand square km has been burnt. This was 13 times more than the average of the last 10 years and larger than the total area of ​​Belgium. Because of this, more than 1 lakh 20 thousand people were forced to leave their homes.