Smoky skies from wildfires snapped by residents in Vancouver
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As wildfires rage across parts of B.C., the resulting smoke and ash have spread over several communities, prompting residents to share their jaw-dropping photos of the eerily dark skies.
As the sun approached the horizon Saturday evening, the smoke intermingled with the sunset to paint a rust-like veneer over what might have otherwise been a clear summer's night. Downtown Vancouver looked like it sat underneath a red sun.
Several new wildfires and a few old ones have caused local authorities to issue evacuation orders and states of emergency in several B.C. communities.
Smoke from <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/BCwildfire?src=hash">#BCwildfire</a> hanging over downtown <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Vancouver?src=hash">#Vancouver</a> this morning. <a href="http://t.co/bt7jNL7gMn">pic.twitter.com/bt7jNL7gMn</a>
—@MattJacquesBit of a reddish sky this morning. Humidity or particles, I wonder? <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Vancouver?src=hash">#Vancouver</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/CBCVancouver">@CBCVancouver</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/JWagstaffe">@JWagstaffe</a> <a href="http://t.co/z1yfolJsHH">pic.twitter.com/z1yfolJsHH</a>
—@ClaireFromYVR<a href="https://twitter.com/CBCNews">@CBCNews</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/CBCVancouver">@CBCVancouver</a> Pics of the red sun! <a href="http://t.co/RmUZA1cSzd">pic.twitter.com/RmUZA1cSzd</a>
—@Giving_GuyForest Fire smoke, likely from the Squamish area, is tinting West Vancouver’s sky orange this morning <a href="http://t.co/ALUKx4UtzS">pic.twitter.com/ALUKx4UtzS</a>
—@penguinstormJuly 5th and BC is burning. Eerie early morning as thick smoke engulfs Vancouver. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/wildfires?src=hash">#wildfires</a> <a href="http://t.co/SzgyAz6TGW">pic.twitter.com/SzgyAz6TGW</a>
—@mikeinvancityThis is what 7:30 am look like--more forest fire smoke <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/vancouver?src=hash">#vancouver</a> <a href="http://t.co/TUXAMPyzWc">pic.twitter.com/TUXAMPyzWc</a>
—@nota7beneForest-fire smoke over Howe Sound, from the Sechelt fire, like a sci-fi novel cover. <a href="http://t.co/ubSKTFjaT8">pic.twitter.com/ubSKTFjaT8</a>
—@timbrayHoly smoke! Photo doesn't do it justice but I've never seen such <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/smoke?src=hash">#smoke</a> in <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Vancouver?src=hash">#Vancouver</a>. Even ash on my patio furniture <a href="http://t.co/TWqwqqYpbH">pic.twitter.com/TWqwqqYpbH</a>
—@SteveUBC<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/bcfires?src=hash">#bcfires</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/porthardy?src=hash">#porthardy</a> bomber seen after dropping its payload on the bottom right, faintly <a href="http://t.co/MQex3WyYTg">pic.twitter.com/MQex3WyYTg</a>
—@beefreligion<a href="https://twitter.com/GlobalBC">@GlobalBC</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/EmergencyInfoBC">@EmergencyInfoBC</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/BCGovFireInfo">@BCGovFireInfo</a> not much good video yet. Bombers reloading. Helicopters on scene. <a href="http://t.co/juFqdkhXGa">pic.twitter.com/juFqdkhXGa</a>
—@beefreligion<a href="https://twitter.com/CBCNews">@CBCNews</a> View from Harbour Air. <a href="http://t.co/uLhp6nFR7I">pic.twitter.com/uLhp6nFR7I</a>
—@rainlander1Are you in the Vancouver area, or anywhere else in B.C. affected by the wildfires? Tweet us your photos @CBCNews, @CBCNewsBC and @CBCVancouver.