TOPSHOT – As forest fires rage in western Canada, some areas, including this property in Ashcroft, BC, are spared from being burned when air tankers drop fire retardant on the ground, July 19, 2017.
The provincial government extended a state of emergency and announced aid for tens of thousands of people evacuated because of the disaster. Around 150 fires were burning in British Columbia on the Pacific coast, and more than half of them remained out of control, firefighting officials said. The fires have forced at least 46,000 people from their homes.
/ AFP PHOTO / Don MacKinnon (Photo credit should read DON MACKINNON/AFP/Getty Images)