Bushfires have spread, and thousands of people in the oil sands town of western Canada have been asked to evacuate.
According to Reuters, on May 14, local time, wildfires spread rapidly in many places in Alberta, Western Canada, and one fire site was only about 13 kilometers away from the oil sands town of Fort McMurray, and about 6,000 people in Fort McMurray had been asked to evacuate.
Fort McMurray was hit by fires in 2016, destroying about 2,500 buildings and evacuating about 90,000 people.
40 wildfires remain 'out of control' in Canada
On the 14th local time, the Canadian Interagency Forest Fire Center said that as of the 13th, there were 138 ongoing wildfires in the country, of which 40 were "out of control". A total of 46 fires are reported in Alberta and 45 in British Columbia. Fires have also occurred in Manitoba, Saskatchewan, the Northwest Territories, New Brunswick, Ontario and Quebec.
In addition, Environment Canada issued an air quality advisory for parts of British Columbia, Alberta, Manitoba, Saskatchewan and the Northwest Territories on the same day, stating that "wildfire smoke has caused poor air quality and reduced visibility" and recommended that outdoor activities be reduced or stopped.
Source: CCTV news client
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