British Columbia wildfire service says blaze is burning 2km from Fort Nelson and encourages remaining people to leave
The wildfire in an aerial photograph taken by a BC emergency health services crew member through the window of an airplane evacuating patients from nearby Fort Nelson on 10 May 2024.The wildfire in an aerial photograph taken by a BC emergency health services crew member through the window of an airplane evacuating patients from nearby Fort Nelson on 10 May 2024.
In a video posted on social media late on Sunday, the fire behavior specialist Ben Boghean with the wildfire service said the extreme fire behavior – made worse by years of drought and a below-normal snowpack this past winter – could end up threatening the crews that have been fighting the Parker Lake wildfire.that also caused choking smoke in parts of the US and forced more than 250,000 Canadians to evacuate their communities.
Cliff Chapman of the BC wildfire service encouraged about 100 or 150 people left in the community to leave. The blaze is one of several out-of-control wildfires in western Canada threatening nearby communities in provinces such as Alberta and Manitoba.
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