BRITISH COLUMBIA –
Thousands of residents of the Canadian province of British Columbia have fled fierce forest fires. The state of emergency is proclaimed. No one was yet injured.
Sure, 7,000 people had to leave their homes. A regional airport and a hospital in the most affected area northeast of Vancouver have been evacuated.
The cause of most fires is lightning strike, but some are also infected, according to the authorities. Hundreds of brandweermensen have been deployed to the fires to fight.