(Darryl Dyck/The Canadian Press via AP) Darryl Dyck/APĪ wildfire has destroyed 90% of this town. On Friday morning, dozens of firefighters in Fox Lake were battling the blazes, which burned nearly 11,000 acres, officials said.Īn aerial photo taken from a helicopter shows a wildfire burning in the mountains north of Lytton, British Columbia, on Thursday, July 1, 2021. Some residents in the community of Fox Lake, where the fires are severe, had to be evacuated by helicopters, according to Christie Tucker, Alberta Wildfire’s information unit manager. “I want to assure everyone that our province has the right tools, the right technology and the resources in place to tackle this challenge” she said. The fires have burned 121,909 hectares – roughly more than 301,000 acres – and since Friday, at least 45 new wildfires have started and 14 local states of emergency issued, according to Smith. The result is the “unprecedented situation our province is facing today,” she said. “These conditions mean it is very easy for a wildfire to both start and spread quickly.” “Much of Alberta has been experiencing a hot, dry spring and with so much kindling, all it takes is a few sparks to ignite some truly frightening wildfires,” Smith said.
There are at least 103 wildfires burning across the western province, Alberta Premier Danielle Smith said at a news briefing. Almost 25,000 people who live in the Canadian province of Alberta have been evacuated as wildfires rage across the region, which is seeing abnormally hot weather and high winds, emergency officials said Saturday.
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