'Fighting a losing battle': waves of wildfires leave Canada's volunteer firefighters drained

Record blazes have left crews struggling to contain aggressive burns, with a shortage of personnel making things worseEarlier this summer, a wildfire crept - and then sprinted - towards Fox Creek, a community of less than 2,000 in north-west Alberta. At one point, the crackling wall of flames and thick black smoke moved more than 30 miles in a single day, prompting frantic evacuations from the town."It was terrifying," said Angela Martineau, a paramedic who lives in the community. "I was told it was going to be on my doorstep at this time, then at this time? [There were] a lot of anxieties and emotions for those first six days". Continue reading...