Smoky skies from wildfires snapped by residents in Vancouver

As wildfires rage across parts of B.C., the resulting smoke and ash have spread over several communities, prompting residents to share their jaw-dropping photos of the eerily dark skies.

Tweet your photos and video of the wildfires and the skies to @CBCNews and @CBCNewsBC

Jonathan Ore CBC News Posted: Jul 05, 2015 12:02 PM EDT | Last Updated: July 6, 2015

As wildfires rage across parts of B.C., the resulting smoke and ash have spread over several communities, prompting residents to share their jaw-dropping photos of the eerily dark skies.

As the sun approached the horizon Saturday evening, the smoke intermingled with the sunset to paint a rust-like veneer over what might have otherwise been a clear summer's night. Downtown Vancouver looked like it sat underneath a red sun.

Several new wildfires and a few old ones havecaused local authorities to issue evacuation orders and states of emergencyin several B.C. communities.

Smoke from #BCwildfire hanging over downtown #Vancouver this morning. pic.twitter.com/bt7jNL7gMn
—@MattJacques

Bit of a reddish sky this morning. Humidity or particles, I wonder? #Vancouver @CBCVancouver @JWagstaffe pic.twitter.com/z1yfolJsHH
—@ClaireFromYVR

@CBCNews @CBCVancouver Pics of the red sun! pic.twitter.com/RmUZA1cSzd
—@Giving_Guy

Forest Fire smoke, likely from the Squamish area, is tinting West Vancouvers sky orange this morning pic.twitter.com/ALUKx4UtzS
—@penguinstorm

July 5th and BC is burning. Eerie early morning as thick smoke engulfs Vancouver. #wildfires pic.twitter.com/SzgyAz6TGW
—@mikeinvancity

This is what 7:30 am look like--more forest fire smoke #vancouver pic.twitter.com/TUXAMPyzWc
—@nota7bene

Forest-fire smoke over Howe Sound, from the Sechelt fire, like a sci-fi novel cover. pic.twitter.com/ubSKTFjaT8
—@timbray

Holy smoke! Photo doesn't do it justice but I've never seen such #smoke in #Vancouver. Even ash on my patio furniture pic.twitter.com/TWqwqqYpbH
—@SteveUBC

#bcfires #porthardy bomber seen after dropping its payload on the bottom right, faintly pic.twitter.com/MQex3WyYTg
—@beefreligion

@GlobalBC @EmergencyInfoBC @BCGovFireInfo not much good video yet. Bombers reloading. Helicopters on scene. pic.twitter.com/juFqdkhXGa
—@beefreligion

@CBCNews View from Harbour Air. pic.twitter.com/uLhp6nFR7I
—@rainlander1

Are you in the Vancouver area, or anywhere else in B.C. affected by the wildfires? Tweet us your photos @CBCNews, @CBCNewsBC and @CBCVancouver.

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Smoky skies from wildfires snapped by residents in Vancouver

Tweet your photos and video of the wildfires and the skies to @CBCNews and @CBCNewsBC

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