Amid the thousands of people evacuating their homes as a wildfire ravages Fort McMurray, Canada, some know all too well what it is like to run for their lives — Syrian refugees.
They are some of the newest residents of Canada, as the country introduced a plan to resettle tens of thousands of Syrians forced from their homes by war.
But some are now faced with the prospect of losing these new home and sense of stability, this time fleeing fire instead of bombs. The entire city of Fort McMurray is under evacuation orders due to the wildfire, and entire neighborhoods have already been destroyed by the blaze. Read more…
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