Many parts of Canada have entered a state of emergency due to forest fires, warning! "Be prepared to leave home at any time" Resident | Okanagan | State of Emergency
Canada is experiencing the most severe forest fire invasion on record. Currently, over 1000 forest fires are occurring simultaneously across Canada.
According to a report by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation on the 18th local time, the government of British Columbia in Canada has declared a state of emergency throughout the province due to the continued spread of forest fires threatening residential areas. From the evening of August 17th to the early morning of August 18th local time, forest fires were approaching the city of Kilona in western British Columbia, Canada.
On the early morning of the 18th, the city of Kilona, located on the east side of Lake Okanogen, declared a state of emergency. Some residents in the northern part of the city received instructions to evacuate, while others were under evacuation alerts and were told to "be prepared to leave home at any time.". The local fire captain said that he had never experienced such a large-scale forest fire before, and currently about 80 firefighters are working overnight to extinguish the fire.
In addition, the West Kilona area located on the west side of Lake Okanogen has also declared a state of emergency, with over 2400 households receiving evacuation orders and another 4800 households in a state of constant evacuation. At 10 o'clock on the same day, the airspace around Kirona International Airport was closed to support aerial firefighting work.
Due to the threat of forest fires, 19000 residents have been evacuated from the northwest capital of Yellowknife, Canada. Officials urge the remaining personnel to evacuate as soon as possible. Previously, the local government issued an evacuation order on the 16th, requiring approximately 20000 residents of Yellowknife to evacuate before noon on the 18th.
On the 18th local time, as forest fires approached the city center of Yellowknife, thick smoke caused a decrease in visibility on the only accessible highway, and vehicles leaving the city had formed a long queue.
Starting from the 17th, the flight capacity for evacuating residents of Yellowknife City has approached its limit, and weather factors have further increased the difficulty of evacuation. Many residents can only queue up in the rain, waiting for evacuation flights.
Teronsai, a resident of Yellowknife City: No one would have thought that the scale of the forest fire would be so large, which makes people feel a lot of pressure. Yellowknife and many others were scared. I have never seen such a thing before, and I never dared to speculate that such a thing would happen.
