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Satellite image of smoke billowing from several fires around the community of Fort Nelson and streaming east into Alberta. It was captured on May 11, 2024, by the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer on NASA’s Aqua satellite., unusually early and intense blazes are already raging in 2024.
“Due to the aggressive and extreme fire behavior, we strongly recommend that people avoid travel in and around Fort Nelson,” said British Columbia’s Wildfire Service Director of Provincial Operations Cliff Chapman in a. “The fuels are as dry as we have ever seen. The wind is going to be sustained, and it is going to push the fire toward the community,” he added.
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