150 People are trapped in a guesthouse in a remote part of the Pacific Canadian province of British Columbia after wildfires cut off their only way out. Canada is facing its worst wildfire season on record. This year, fires have engulfed almost all 13 Canadian provinces.
Ottawa: About 150 people are trapped in a guesthouse in a remote part of the Pacific Canadian province of British Columbia (B.C.) after wildfires cut off their only way out, sources reported Wednesday. Sources, citing one of the stranded guests, reported that the trapped people, who include lodge guests and campers from a nearby campground, are sheltering at the Cathedral Lakes Lodge and awaiting evacuation by provincial authorities. Are.
Residents of the lodge, located about 30 km southwest of the village of Keremios near the US border, were told to evacuate on Tuesday night because of the rapidly growing wildfire. But according to sources, people were unable to leave because the wildfire blocked the only access road connecting the lodge to the road to Keremios.
“We’re just waiting to hear back from BC Wildfire (Services), can they bring us down via vehicle, or will they have to send a helicopter,” sources quoted one of the trapped lodgers as saying. ” Canada is suffering its worst wildfire season on record.
Fires have engulfed parts of nearly all 13 Canadian provinces and territories this year, forcing the evacuation of homes, disrupting energy production and requiring federal as well as international firefighting resources. There are more than 1,000 active wildfires nationwide.
