Volunteers shine in historic Canadian fire seasonSupplied From left - Mike Donovan, Saxon Ross, Gavin Brunton, Simon Stoddart and Graham McIntyre spent a month fighting Canadian forest fires. North Auckland volunteer firefighters recently found themselves in the thick of Canada's biggest fire season on record. When the call came in for a helping hand, 80 men and women volunteer firefighters and support staff packed their bags and headed for the airport. Supplied Simon Stoddart dampened down a hot spot along the fire break. They are only trees," Donovan said.

Source: Stuff September 19, 2017 00:56 UTC