The weekend’s wildfire fight in several provinces saw more people evacuated from their homes and more still denied the ability to return
Hundreds of wildfires continue to rage in several provinces including Quebec, Alberta and British Columbia, even as firefighters make progress in some areas – triggering new evacuations over the weekend and preventing other residents from returning home.
More than 14,000 people were under evacuation orders in Quebec Sunday, the minister’s office said, and more than 1,000 personnel – including domestic and foreign firefighters and Canadian Armed Forces members – were at work fighting 38 blazes. In Western Alberta, the town of Edson was evacuated Friday for the second time this spring after a fire burning near the community of about 8,400 people jumped fire guards and moved closer to populated areas.
On Friday afternoon, before the evacuation order was issued for Edson and the surrounding area, about 3,500 Albertans remained out of their homes.
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