111 Wildfires Burn in North Ontario Canada
Posted by Leisa Amorosa on Sunday, July 24, 2011 Under: Fires
cbc.ca: Ontario is still struggling to contain at least 111 forest fires that have forced the evacuation of almost 3,600 people. Thirteen new fires were detected Friday and more than 5,000 square kilometers (over 3,100 mi), mostly in northwestern Ontario, are burning. It is not necessary to declare a state of emergency right now to deal with forest fires that have driven thousands of people from their homes, Premier Dalton McGuinty said Friday. McGuinty was in northwestern Ontario to survey the damage and talk with fire personnel, volunteers and evacuees, and said he would "leave that door open," but for now the province was doing a lot already to help. "We're listening to advice that we get, but it doesn't appear to us, certainly at this point in time, to be necessary, McGuinty said. "I think if I was caught up in this, I have one question alone, that is, 'Are we doing everything necessary to protect me, my property, to get these fires out?' I think those are the big questions everyone is asking and the answer in all three cases is, yes we are." The situation is an emergency as far as he is concerned and the province is treating it as such, McGuinty said. Help being provided includes aircraft and financial support for the effort, he said. "I've also said to the folks I've met with here today, 'If there's anything else we need to do, you need to let us know," McGuinty said. "I'm confident we're doing what needs doing."
Commentary: If you click on the Fires Category to the right of this web page, you can read about all of the devastating fires plaguing the world this year. The Bible says that there will be signs in the heaven and earth in the last days, before Christ returns, "I will show wonders in heaven above and signs in the earth beneath, blood, fire and vapor of smoke" Acts 2:19. Some have died because of the massive fires, but the devastation to wildlife is untold, as these fires rage through thousands of acres of land. Truly there has been record breaking blood, fire and vapor of smoke throughout the world this year.
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