Jesaja Class
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During the summer of 2017 British Columbia, Canada. BC experienced some of the largest and most devastating forest fires in the history of this province. A state of emergency was declared as what started as several small fires quickly turned into a raging inferno that swept across 3 million acres of land, leaving in its wake a vast, eerie landscape of ash and dust. More than 65,000 people had to be evacuated and leave their homes across the province. Smoke became so thick one could barely breath, engulfing everything for several weeks and spreading across the entire country as a gigantic cloud so large it was clearly visible from space. Fire crews from around the nation and other countries were battling what seemed like a one sided war, reclaiming and protecting towns and cities only for the next storm and heatwave to fuel the fire once again, during a time of year where there was little hope for rain. Over 300 homes were damaged during the blaze and many more damaged. After what seemed like an eternity, some rain and change in weather did come but the fire had spread out to its own limits. Slowly the smoke started to clear, revealing the real aftermath of what is now known as the 2017 BC Fires. Where once tall and lush trees stood, only a haunting dark silhouette of a forest remains, so still and quiet, stripped of all colours and life yet mysteriously beautiful in so many ways.
By Jesaja Class4 years ago in Photography