The recent sustained high temperature and dry weather have fuelled raging, out of control wildfires in western Canada. are pointed out as the cause. In Alberta the state of emergency has been declared by the provincial government due to forest fires across the country, and 25,000 residents have been ordered to evacuate.
“There have been 110 wildfires to date, burning 122,000 hectares of land,” Premier Daniel Smith said on the 6th. Moreover, large wildfires are spreading to the northwest of BC and Saskatchewan, and 33 of the fires are out of control. The fire department is putting out 6 helicopters, heavy equipment, and ships to put out the fire, but the fire is seldom caught due to dry weather and strong winds.
In Ontario, 79 firefighters were dispatched. In Canada, wildfires are common in western regions. Two years ago, large wildfires broke out in about 300 places in BC, and the provincial government declared a state of emergency and evacuated about 33,000 residents.
Four years ago, in 2019, a fire in northwest Alberta forced 4,000 residents to evacuate. In 2016, a massive wildfire occurred in the Fort McMurray area, reducing a tenth of the city to ashes and causing billions of dollars in damage.