More than 13,000 people have had to leave their homes due to the wave of fires that have been ravaging the western Canadian province of Alberta for days, and which rose to more than 100 active sources this Friday. , of which more than a third are still out of control.
One of the major evacuations took place in the town of Edson, which has a population of more than 8,000, due to proximity to one of 37 outbreaks that remain uncontained.
Canadian government officials already consider 2023 to be one of the worst years for wildfires in recent memory: since January, there have been 363 wildfires that have burned at least 25,000 hectares of land.
Alberta Emergency Management Agency director Stephen Lacroix promised help for people who ‘lost everything’ to the fires, which he described as a stark reminder of the unpredictability and the power of the forest fires”, according to statements collected by the Canadian newspaper “The Star”.
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