The hasty evacuation of residents continued yesterday, Sunday western canadadue to the continued spread forest firewhich is now approaching the total number of people who have left their homes30,000 within a few days“unprecedented” situation for this time of year.

On Saturday, Alberta provincial authorities were forced to declare a state of emergency and ordered a hasty evacuation of nearly 25,000 residents.

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Yesterday Sunday afternoon they stayed 107 active forest fires and areas of low vegetation throughout the province, 28 of which were not monitored by firefighters.

“There was some light rain in the southern part of the province,” Christy Tucker, provincial emergency spokeswoman, explained during a news conference in Edmonton Sunday.

“This allowed firefighters to act more aggressively in some areas that they were unable to approach due to the extreme behavior of the fires,” she added, expressing relief at the “good news.”

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But this lull “unfortunately” does not extend to the northern part of the province, where conditions remain very difficult, Ms Tucker said.

In the fight against fires, the authorities pay special attention to residential areas. Drayton Valley, an Alberta city of 7,000 about 140 kilometers west of Edmonton, was among the evacuees.

In Fox Lake, in northern Alberta, the flames burned 20 houses, shop and police station. Residents were evacuated by boats and helicopters.

Conditions remain volatile and authorities say it is currently difficult to determine the exact extent of the damage.

“In some cases, smoke and conditions prevent us from fully assessing property damage,” said Colin Blair of Alberta Emergency Management.

IN #Canada, the boreal forests of Alberta are burning. With more than 31°C at Fort McMurray (normal …. 9°C!!), ecosystems are thermally stressed out of season. State of emergency declared: 115 #fires in progress, 31 of which are unmanaged (visible from satellite),… pic.twitter.com/2E1xg63ub6

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This particular Canadian province, which has some of the world’s highest oil production, is “experiencing a hot and dry spring and with so much dry vegetation that it only takes a few sparks to start a truly terrifying fire,” the provincial premier said. , Daniel Smith, yesterday Saturday.

Two wildfires that remain uncontrollable in neighboring British Columbia have also forced residents to evacuate their homes, with authorities warning that strong winds are expected within the next 24 hours.

Firefighters from Ontario and Quebec arrived in the province and were deployed to different fronts.

For several years now, western Canada repeatedly experienced extreme weather eventsthe intensity and frequency of which are exacerbated by climate change.

outside catastrophic floods suffered, British Columbia also experienced, two years ago, the consequences”thermal dome‘, which has been called “historical”; it claimed the lives of hundreds of people and was accompanied by massive fires.

Source: APE-AFP.