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Canada's wildfires prompt mass evacuations in British Columbia and Northwest Territories. High-stakes battle against growing blazes and displacement crisis

It was so scary. >> reporter: how much time did you have? >> 30 seconds. i looked up and the back of my house was on fire. >> reporter: judy vollmer and marcia ritz and have been neighbors for 13 years. both their homes are gone. >> i lost my cats. and really i have no insurance. i have lost everything. >> reporter: now vollmer's most valuable possession is a very special flower pot, pulled from the ashes. >> my grandbabies made this for me. that's their handprints. >> reporter: the dozens of fires are grouped into what firefighters call complexes. there are now four burning across the state, ...

Starting eight small brush fires in the area on monday. >> oh, my god. i can't breathe. >> reporter: that suspected arsonist striking at a bad time. with nearly 40 large fires burning in the west. this blaze breaking out this afternoon near breckenridge, colorado. several growing blazes near sparks, nevada. this one in camarillo, california. feeding off hot, dry, windy summer weather. and it may get worse before it gets better. thunderstorms this week could bring lightning sparking new fires and 100-degree plus heat across the southwest will not make the fire fight any easier, david. >> that i...