Fires intensify in Canada, could last 'all summer'

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MONTREAL: New and intensifying fires are forcing the evacuation of thousands across Canada as the country battled out-of-control blazes that a provincial minister warned on Saturday (Jun 10)

Nearly 17,800 square miles have burned since the beginning of the year, well above previous averages as the country warms quicker than the rest of the world amid climate change.

"The fire is so out of control that some forestry crews have had to back off," said Luc Mercier, chief administrative officer of Yellowhead County, where Edson is located."They can't fight this fire." "When you're panicking to go all out, all you think about is running away," she said."But as soon as you leave in the car, you ask: 'What if my house is no longer there when I come back?'"In British Columbia, the 2,400 person town of Tumbler Ridge was largely evacuated as a fire approached within a couple miles of the city.

 

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