As reported by CBC News, the fire caused more than seven thousand people to leave their homes. In this case, many of the people did not even have time to collect.

As of Sunday evening, July 9, fire fighting across the province leads to about two thousand firefighters and a large number of ground and aircraft.

However, for the first time in the last 14 years throughout the province of British Columbia, a state of emergency was declared.

At the same time, rescuers say that dry weather and high temperatures reduce most firefighters efforts to no.

Given that during the next week there is no rain or cooling, the situation with forest fires will probably only worsen, - rescuers explained.

Recall, as reported URA-Inform, as of Thursday morning, May 5, in Canada because of forest fires already burned 1600 elements of the infrastructure. Massive forest fire that destroyed already a large part of the city of Fort McMurray continues to burn cities. According to local media, referring to the authorities' data, one death has already been registered among evacuees.