line of the place residents knew they would probably have to evacuate the smoke's harmful effects have nearly driven them out already. well you know. the 1st fires started in july of 92 weeks after they were pits there's another fire burning well through the very most of the kilometer that's the flames were 20 kilometers away. you could only see 20 meters in front of you that was worrying we couldn't see the bears that sometimes wander into the village you know firefighting helicopters have been in service several times a day but sometimes they need an hour to get to the flames they're dropping tons of water to extinguish the blazes an exhausting undertaking that may not even be successful. if you can if we sent 5 or 10 times as many people and resources we wouldn't be able to put out the fires only continuous rain can do that disaster relief workers have been flown to the area to help with the effort and vajra