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First major wildfire of 2024 strikes in Canada as mass evacuation underway from tiny town of Fort Nelson

Source: via REUTERS

More than 3,000 people in British Columbia have been ordered to evacuate by authorities after the first major wildfires of the year erupted in Canada.

Residents in the small town of Fort Nelson, around 995 miles from , have been urged to leave immediately after a blaze that started on Friday almost

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