All of British Columbia was under a state of emergency. Calmer weather gave some hope for a reprieve in Canada's worst fire season.
VANCOUVER, British Columbia — Firefighters battling wildfires in Canada on Saturday sought to stop flames that swept through the West Kelowna suburbs in British Columbia, forced the evacuation of a university campus and fouled the air with thick smoke.
Elsewhere, a small amount of rain fell overnight — about 4 millimeters — and humidity was high enough to dampen fire activity, helping weary firefighters in the Northwest Territories, Mike Westwick, wildfire information officer, said Saturday. The fire remained about 9 miles from the city Saturday.“We’re by no means out of the woods yet,” Westwick told the Associated Press. “We still have a serious situation. It’s not safe to return.
Morritt, a journalist with the Aboriginal Peoples Television Network, and her son took an evacuation flight about 950 miles to safety in Yukon province, while her partner stayed behind to monitor their property, and help create firebreaks and fight fires. The fires were unnerving for residents, with plumes of smoke visible by day and an eerie orange nighttime glow.
“Terrible loss, increased extreme weather events. And all through it, we’ve seen Canadians step up,” he told reporters in Edmonton. “The smoke was really oppressive and there were big chunks of ash falling everywhere,” he said Saturday. They packed a couple of suitcases, passports, laptop computers, and dog food, and drove in bumper-to-bumper traffic to escape.
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