Thousands evacuate from fast-moving fires in Canada2 days ago Share Save Ana Faguy BBC News Share SaveGetty Images Wildfire smoke above Highway 97, north of the Buckinghorse River near Trutch, British Columbia. Some 17,000 people have evacuated the Canadian province of Manitoba as fast-moving wildfires move across parts of the country. Dense smoke from the fires - of which there are more than 188 according to officials - has spread across Canada and into parts of the US. Large parts of Alberta and British Columbia have also ordered evacuations as the fires spread. But climate change is making the weather conditions needed for wildfires to spread more likely, according to the UN's climate body.