Wildfires that started on Friday in Canada’s Alberta province continue. It was announced that the fire spread from 78 points to 110 different points, and the number of areas that went out of control increased from 19 to 36. In the fire in Fox Lake in Alberta, 1,458 hectares of land were turned to ash, and about 20 houses became unusable in the fire. 3 thousand 600 people living in the region were evacuated from their homes. In the forest fire in the town of Drayton Valley, Alberta, 1,500 hectares of land have been ash and 7,200 people have been evacuated so far.
EMERGENCY IN ALBERTA STATE
Alberta Provincial Prime Minister Danielle Smith announced that more than 24,000 people were evacuated from their homes as a result of the fires of unprecedented severity and a state of emergency was declared in the province. Adding to his words that 43 thousand hectares of land have been turned to ash in the fires that have occurred since the beginning of this year, Smith announced that they have allocated a budget of 1.5 billion Canadian dollars to use in emergencies. She said that in addition to the region, teams came from the provinces of Quebec and Ontario. (UAV)