Houses are burning and people are being evacuated: large-scale forest fires are raging in Canada and the USA

Houses are burning, and people are being evacuated: large-scale forest fires are raging in Canada and the United States Vladislav Kravtsov

Large-scale forest fires in Canada and the USA/Collage 24 Channel

Large-scale forest fires are raging in Canada and the United States. The fire has already hit the American states and Canadian provinces, leaving houses on fire.

US and Canadian authorities have already begun to evacuate people. Rescuers are trying to curb the fires.

What is known about large-scale forest fires in Canada

Jasper National Park officials said fire engulfed the southern edge of the community on the evening of July 24, and crews are battling multiple structure fires and working to protect the municipality's key infrastructure.

Forest firefighters and others who do not have self-contained breathing apparatus were ordered to evacuate to the nearby town of Hinton.

Parks Canada spokesman James Eastham told reporters near Jasper that the town was shrouded in smoke and “structural damage has occurred.”

Major wildfires rage in Jasper/AP Photo

Parks Canada said firefighters are working to save “as many buildings as possible and protect critical infrastructure, including the station wastewater treatment, communications, Trans Mountain pipeline, etc.”

Hours earlier, many first responders were ordered to leave Jasper National Park for their safety.

Jasper is threatened by fires to the north and south, and 5,000 city residents along with another 20,000 park visitors were evacuated late Monday when the fire broke out.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said they were mobilizing all necessary resources to fight the fire.

Unfavorable and dangerous conditions hampered firefighting efforts in the air and on the ground Tuesday, officials said. Between 10 and 20 millimeters of rain were forecast late Tuesday, which could help reduce fire activity, they said.

Which fires are raging in the US

NBC News journalists said that in the US, forest fires are raging in the states of Oregon, California and Washington, lighting up the sky with bright orange flames and haze.< /p>

In Oregon, a fire forced the closure of eastbound Interstate 84 in both directions Tuesday between Ontario and Baker City, the state Department of Transportation said.

Roads are closed in Oregon due to large-scale fires/Photo from OregonDOT social media account X

The Durkee Fire, now Oregon's largest wildfire, was discovered on the morning of July 17, caused by lightning, and has since burned more than 239,000 acres (967.2 square kilometers).

The Durkee fire in Oregon/Photo AP

In Idaho, in Evacuations continue in Baker and Malheur counties due to the Darkie and Coe Valley fires, and the entire town of Huntington, home to about 510 people, is under Level 3 evacuation.

By According to preliminary estimates, a total of 3,472 people in the state are at evacuation level three, meaning there is extreme danger and residents should immediately leave the fire region. There are now 115 active fires in the state, according to the state's wildfire tracking system.

In Washington state, a fire that broke out Monday near Naches led to mandatory evacuations, and another fire near Bickelton also led to evacuations due to the threat of a fire at a natural gas plant.

In California, the Apache Fire broke out Tuesday evening near Highway 33 and Apache Canyon Road in Ventura County National Forest Los Padres.

Apache fire in California/Photos and videos from the @LosPadresNF account on the social network X

Millions of acres of national forest lands in Oregon and Washington “continue to experience record dry timber conditions” coupled with thunderstorms, fueling “rapid growth in wildfires,” the U.S. Forest Service said. “.

Oregon's Fremont-Winema and Deschutes national forests have gone 75 days without rain, and the Pacific Northwest has gone 45 days, officials said.