British Columbia declares state of emergency as over 500 wildfires burn

British Columbia Canada has declared an emergency that thousands of firefighters are fighting over 500 wildfire fires

"I throw everything I got in these fires, but in many cases the wilderness will be the driver's seat," the state's highest fire information manager Kevin Skrepnek told reporters.

The state needs urgent rain but he said: "We have never really seen a forecast."

Currently, in the West coast region, about 566 forest fires occur, and as a result, about 3,000 people have evacuated. In addition, 18,000 residents warned that they might have to escape from their homes at any time.

So far, over 1,800 fires have burned approximately 380,000 hectares (939,000 acres) so far. And since it began tracking in 1950, it is the fourth most serious fire season in the state.

The fire left a wide area in western Canada, including Vancouver Metro covered with thick smoke and also. Public health authorities avoid wild exercise and alert residents in specific areas as they are indoors.

More than 3,000 firefighters are working on the management of fire from all over Canada and Mexico and New Zealand. In the next few days, about 200 Canadian forces are scheduled to be dispatched to support the area.

The official said the decision to declare an emergency was based on recommendations from the state's Wildfire Department.

"Public security is always our top priority and as wildfire activity activity is expected to increase, in order to ensure access to all the resources that British Columbia needs, we will step by step It is a step. " Mike Farnworth in a statement

This is the second consecutive year, the state showed that the fire declared that the fire was in an emergency situation, last year's record 2 million hectares (2,965,264 acres) was destroyed by the state fire.

"We know the fire season has started soon," he told reporters. "And every year is different, most of the fire this year is caused by thunder."

The fire floats on the smog in British Columbia, shielding the sun and the dark sky.

Shannon Hatch of Fraserburgh, a community in the northern part of British Columbia, told Global Post on evacuation alert this week that ash is falling like snow. "Yesterday, it was as dark as the night."

- Smoky sky in the Pacific Coast Northwest: Over the weekend the British Columbia sky was so smoky that more than 500 wildfire in the state occurred and the sky became dark at 9 AM. In Seattle, smoke was deep on Monday. By the fire, the sun became "a disturbing red shadow", reported by Post Angela Fritz and Lornet Turnbull. Seattle's air quality is the fourth worst in Monday's world and Vancouver's air quality is ranked number one. - Storm Watch: Jason Samenow reports that a hurricane lane (currently the highest wind speed 160 mph class 5 storm) is expected to "dangerously stop" in Hawaii in the next few days. Whether it attacks the Hawaiian Islands directly or scratches it, there is a possibility of being greatly affected by rain, wind and waves.

It seems that the whole world is now burning a fire. If you are in the Pacific Northwest, this is more than a simple metaphor, and in the decades some of the worst wildfires are burning from Shasta to British Columbia. For the Mexican, the biggest earthquake of more than a century hit only Chiapas and Oaxaca. The Peruvian is recovering from the flood that affected millions of people earlier this year. On the Caribbean Sea and the Mexico Gulf Coast, the community suffers from a series of hurricanes and floods. This may be the highest in American history.

There are many ways in which human activities can unintentionally or intentionally cause wildfires. An average of 40% of the wildfires in British Columbia are caused by burning substances such as burning, using engines and cars, falling cigarettes, or other human activities that may generate sparks. The heat source is enough to make a forest fire. The most important factor causing human fires is that they are preventable. All wildfires in British Columbia are being investigated according to the cause and cause of the fire. The cause and cause of the wildfires caused by lightning strikes can be located relatively easily, but other causes of wildfires may involve extensive complex surveys. Before the wildfire project was investigated and confirmed, BC Wildfire Services reported the cause as "under investigation."