Fires devastate communities in Western Canada

Wildfires raging in the Canadian provinces of British Columbia and Alberta are said to be the worst in 50 years, and have consumed dozens of buildings and forced 11,000 people to leave their homes.

“I have never experienced fuels at the dryness level they are here,” said Al Beaver, who has spent 30 years studying forest fires. “Right now nature is really holding all the trump cards.”