In last hours another fire broke out in the northwest of the country, where they had to evacuate a town of more than 20,000 inhabitants which adjoined the burning square. At the moment the fire is advancing at such speed that it has already cut several roads.

Authorities in the Northwest Territories have declared the Emergency state, which will provide more resources to more than 230 completely charred areas. The flames threaten the capital of yellow knifeas Municipal and Community Affairs Minister Shane Thompson said, “We are in a crisis and our government is using every tool available to help.

Fires threaten other cities such as Dettah, Ndilo and Ingram Trail which are also beginning to be evacuated. For those who cannot leave the area by road, they have activated planes so that they can do so by air.

There are currently more than 1,000 active lights and more than 600 are out of control. So far this year, more than 136,000km² as if they had burned the communities of Galicia, Asturias and Castilla y León together.

The smoke reaches the United States

In the northern United States, they are on alert for the poor air quality because of the smoke from the fires in the neighboring country, Canada. Smoke is expected I arrived wing border between Canada and Minnesota throughout this midnight and moving to the towns closest to the border, as reported by the weather service. This situation could lead to the quality levels of air have been introduced Purple color for several hours across western Minnesota. The weather service said, “Smoke will remain in the eastern half of the state through Friday and fine particulate levels will remain elevated for most of the day.”

Last June, smoke from the Canadian fires reached new Yorkwhere several days woke up with a fog produced by the smoke of the fires, where they prohibited going out to practice outdoor sports activities due to the risk what inhaling this air meant for health.

Also came to Spaindriven by the long kilometers of the upper layers of the atmosphere, landing in Galicia. But the Canadian smoke spread to other regions of the Iberian Peninsula, even reaching Malagawhere he did not present any type of risk, but he left a atypical landscape.