A driver captured the interior of the fire that has consumed more than 700 hectares in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. Authorities decreed a state of emergency for seven days and have ordered a hundred families to evacuate the area.
Electrical and communications services have also been interrupted. This month Canada has registered unprecedented waves of forest fires that have put the population on alert. The latest phenomenon was recorded in Alberta, when tens of thousands of people had to leave their homes due to the flames. Follow all the international information on Facebook and Twitter, or in our weekly newsletter.