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Related: About this forumThousands flee wildfires in Saskatchewan and British Columbia
http://www.cnn.com/2015/07/08/americas/canada-wildfires/index.html
(CNN)Thousands of people in Canada have fled their homes as hundreds of wildfires burn, sending thick smoke as far south as Colorado, officials said Wednesday.
More than 13,000 have evacuated in Saskatchewan, Member of Parliament Rob Clarke told reporters. Evacuation orders affect 60 communities, the government of Saskatchewan said on its website, adding there are 113 active fires.
Canadian broadcaster CBC reported that 15 homes in Montreal Lake had been destroyed by fire. In another part of the province, one cabin owner had been watering down his home at Nemeiben Lake for two weeks and clear cutting some trees.
On Wednesday the blaze was just 330 yards (300 meters) away. Mark Paquette compared the sound of the fire to the sounds at an airport.
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A fire burning near Fort Nelson, BC, has closed the Alaska Highway.
3.1 million acres have burned so far in Alaska this summer, an area the size of Connecticut.
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Thousands flee wildfires in Saskatchewan and British Columbia (Original Post)
Blue_In_AK
Jul 2015
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Suich
(10,642 posts)1. We're getting some smoke here in Seattle.
Gonna be a lo-o-o-o-o-ng fire season!
Blue_In_AK
(46,436 posts)2. Fairbanks is apparently almost unbreathable.
The air has cleared out quite a bit down here in Anchorage and we've had a bit of rain, but I know it's far from over. The city firefighters have even had to put out two small fires here in the city in our green belts caused by embers from homeless camps within the past week.
newfie11
(8,159 posts)3. The tourists are complaining here in the Black Hills
Very hazy here but I don't smell smoke.