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APOCALYPTIC: Canadian wildfire in Kelowna JUMPS lake which emergency services hoped would stop it in its tracks, as map shows how blazes across country could blanket US in smog TODAY

Tens of thousands of people have been evacuated from their homes across several sections of Canada after a series of wildfires which threatened to blanket the US in dangerous smog. 

In Yellowknife, the capital of the Northwest Territories, more than 20,000 people have been ordered to flee their homes amid 'out of control' wildfires that now threaten to cut off access to the only highway out of the affected city.

The infernos, which have come during Canada's worst fire season on record, also threaten to send enormous plumes of toxic smog over the United States. An official forecast map shows smoke is expected to be blown south eastwards throughout Friday and over the Midwest into the eastern United States.

Thousands evacuated Yellowknife on Thursday as wildfires burned across the region, forcing convoys of vehicles to snake south to safety on the only open highway.

Emergency responders were constructing firebreaks, installing sprinkler lines and water cannons, and laying fire retardant in an effort to prevent the blaze from reaching the city - which remains a real possibility in coming days, officials said. 

Strong northern winds could push the flames toward the only highway leading away from the fire, officials warned, which was choked with long caravans of cars.

Northwest winds over the next two days will send the fire 'in directions we don't want,' said Mike Westwick, Northwest Territories' fire information officer. 

Across the wider territory, 6,800 people in eight other communities were also forced to evacuate their homes, including the small community of Enterprise, which was largely destroyed. 

Without rain, it is possible (the fire) will reach the city outskirts by the weekend.'

'We're all tired of the word unprecedented, yet there is no other way to describe this situation in the Northwest Territories,' Premier Caroline Cochrane posted on X, formerly known as Twitter. 

A state of emergency was declared in Kelowna early Friday, a city about a four-drive drive from Vancouver with a population of about 150,000.

'Residents under Evacuation Alert are advised to be ready to leave their home at a moment's notice,' the City of Kelowna said in a statement early on Friday, adding people should prepare to be away from their home for an extended period of time.

As of Thursday evening, 1,046 wildfires were burning across the country, more than half of them out of control.

In the Northwest Territories, 268 wildfires have already burned more than 21,000 square kilometres (8,100 square miles).

Crews scrambled to erect fire barriers as one blaze got to within 9 miles (16 kilometers) of Yellowknife. Water bombers were seen flying low over the city, and swooping in to fill up at a nearby lake.

Resident Sylvia Webster said 'a lot of trees were cut down and sprinkler lines were set up around the city' to bolster its defenses.

'We might still lose everything, but that's okay,' she told AFP. 'As long as our loved ones are safe, we can move on from there.'

Several military aircraft have already been dispatched, along with more than 120 soldiers to help beat back the flames.

In what had already been declared the Northwest Territories' largest-ever evacuation, the emptying of Yellowknife now means half the population of the near-Arctic territory will soon be displaced.

Images shared on social media and on Canadian television showed large swaths of blackened forests. Evacuees reported seeing abandoned vehicles and burned carcasses of wildlife, including bears, on roadsides.

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12420067/amp/More-20-000-Canadians-ordered-leave-homes-control-wildfires-advance-city-properties-destroyed.html

So this thread made front page!

My condolences to those who have lost valuables because of this inferno.

@Righteousness2 where is my FTC gift

Nigerian fire fighters would have stopped it!

Canada still has a lot to learn from Nigeria when it comes to fire fighting.

Not until these residents reason genuinely with their senses and ask their leaders some intelligent questions, they'll keep attributing this wide fire of a thing to a natural disaster.

A wide fire melting alloy rims of cars on the road in the US, yet the road made of asphalt remains untouched. The trees remain as calm as they could, yet they keep telling them it's as a result of dry wind and fuel present in the cars.

FYI, Russia has the highest number of trees in the world. Brazil has a higher number of trees than the US. Why is this wild fire prevalent in the US, Canada and sometimes in Australia? Is dry forest and woods not present in Africa? Why is there no record of such? Why only in America?

Aluminum has a melting point of over 600°C, bitumen is approx 550°C while asphalt max is approx 400°C. Yet, the so called wildfire is melting aluminum and even its alloy but can't melt asphalt/bitumen.

Anyways, the bigger the head, the bigger the ache. Let the weapon testing continue at the expense of the gullibles.

By the time this becomes a success, nuclear weapons will become outdated.

You people better come and hire Rain 🌧️ Makers from Nigeria

If our country and economy good, our people will not be spending fortunes to try to enter this country.


The biggest disaster that can befall a country is to have wicked souls at the helm of government.

Real disaster

Sometimes when these things occurs, it's simply Mother Nature fighting back ferociously.Man has so much disrupted and disorganised the balance of activities in the natural ecosystems, through his unending pollution of the environment in various forms, deployment and detonation of atomic and nuclear bombs and all that.
Man has so damaged the planet Earth handed over to his care, and there are bound to be inevitable consequences.

Damnnn niggar

Righteousness2:
It appears half of our planet is on fire while the other half is flooded!
THESE ARE THE BIRTH PANGS!
THESE ARE THE SIGNS OF THE ENDTIMES !

That Breath in you is not in your Power.
LIVE IN THE CONCIOUSNESS OF YOUR ETERNITY
LIVE WITH ETERNITY IN VIEW.
MAKE YOUR Ways RIGHT WITH JESUS CHRIST.

THE COMING OF JESUS CHRIST IS IMMINENT.

It pains me to see that humans are not smart at all
It is a pity
And the people liking your comment...it is a pity
Once you are my friend and you believe in shit like this and you believe in God then I automatically so away with you because you can't be productive
Because you logical and critical thinking ability is zero

Ehen?
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Shey dem go disburse their EDD?

Though I love talking socio-economic issues, I deep down realize we are living deep into "the last days of these systems of things."

Things will definitely go from bad toworse. (Read 1 Tim 3:13). Any dreams we have vested in these system of things will perish.

Righteousness2:
It appears half of our planet is on fire while the other half is flooded!
THESE ARE THE BIRTH PANGS!
THESE ARE THE SIGNS OF THE ENDTIMES !

That Breath in you is not in your Power.
LIVE IN THE CONCIOUSNESS OF YOUR ETERNITY
LIVE WITH ETERNITY IN VIEW.
MAKE YOUR Ways RIGHT WITH JESUS CHRIST.

THE COMING OF JESUS CHRIST IS IMMINENT.

Stop this TRASH. Jesus has been coming for more than 2000 years.
There were natural disasters before Jesus was born, and there will continue to be natural disasters thousands of years from now.
Jesus is dead like any other human being, and he ain't coming back. Grow some brain.

The religious fraudster created a thread with one moniker and then rushed to post a comment with another one. Omo, your level of mumuness must be inherited.

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Attendance: Present ✔️
Na wa ooo. Different people, different problems. Different countries, different problems. Orisirisi yawa. I sorry for them o, we seff dey face our own for naija like this...

Be safe

rumour has that these evil people are trying to create a technology that would reduce the ray of the sun on earth, and that is what they are testing, but using the wild fire as a cover.

A thread sponsored by righteousness the clown.

I'm out!

Wishing them safety.

This is serious

True true, me nor dey understand this wildfire thing wey dey occur for these countries especially us and Canada ontop say Canada dey cold most of the time

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Nothing unusual. They should cut 🪓 those cida tress and sell the wood 🪵 to other continent for furniture making. Excessive conservation no good near living quarters.

Reminds me of wildflower

Make dem give 100,000 Nigerians visa this night with water and buckets,, dem go off the fire by tomorrow

Very soon Africa will be only habitable zone on this planet, everywhere else will ravaged by wildfires, earthquakes, hurricanes, tornadoes, massive one in a 100 year old storms etc etc. They hinted you in the movie 2012.

decatalyst:
If our country and economy good, our people will not be spending fortunes to try to enter this country.


The biggest disaster that can befall a country is to have wicked souls at the helm of government.

Shey nah poor people dey travel ni?

Even USA citizens do travel to other countries to work..

Do you even know when Nigerians have been traveling to foreign countries? Even when the economy was very better than this, naija people still travel..

Movement is a human being thing and traveling is a movement. So people will always travel regardless..

Imagine Wildfire like this in Nigeria where we don't have the capacity to contain it and avoid minimum damage. Thank God for his grace but still every country has his ups and downs