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However, not everyone was as lucky as Carr during the Los Angeles fires, which claimed 29 lives in all. Some of the victims had also disregarded evacuation orders in order to defend their houses, despite authorities' pleas for thousands of residents to go. The goals of Leverkus' group, which the British Columbian government does not formally recognize, underscore simmering tensions between those who enforce evacuation orders and those who disobey them in fire-prone areas. A man in the Village of Clinton was forced to be rescued by wildfire firefighters in British Columbia last week after he refused to leave his burning home. The minister in charge of disaster management in British Columbia reaffirmed in a wildfire update on Tuesday.
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‘Not afraid to stay’: The Canadians who want to change how wildfires are fought

When a wildfire broke out near his First Nation community in northern…

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