See the Wildfires Burning Across Western Canada and the Pacific Northwest
Wildfires spread throughout parts of Northern California, the Pacific Northwest and western Canada this week, causing evacuation orders and sending tens of thousands of firefighters to combat the blazes. Buildings burned to the ground, cities were blanketed in smoke, and hundreds of thousands of acres of land were scorched.
The authorities in Calgary, Alberta’s largest city, issued a health advisory saying that smoke from the wildfires was expected to cause very poor air quality, and on Thursday smoke had already reached as far as New England. More than 40 fires were burning in Oregon and Washington, including the largest in the nation — the Durkee fire, near Oregon’s border with Idaho, which covered more than 268,000 acres as of Thursday afternoon.
The Park fire in Northern California has burned more than 71,400 acres and led to the arrest of a man who officials said had caused the fire.
Here’s what photographers and video journalist are seeing on the ground as the blazes spread.
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