Canada wildfire: Firefighter dies tackling British Columbia blaze
A wildfire near Fort St John, in the western province of British Columbia has claimed the life of another firefighter.
The death marks the third firefighter that has died in Canada whilst battling the country’s worst wildfire season on record.
People are being evacuated further south in the province, near the US border, as fires swirl out of control.
A third of all fires currently raging in Canada are in British Columbia.
So far this season, Canadian wildfires have burned about 30 million acres of land – more than the land area of South Korea or Cuba.
Some 613 of the 990 fires currently active in Canada are considered out of control.
