PERSECUTION. REBECCA? REBECCA? >> ALL RIGHT, PIERRE THOMAS. >> ALL RIGHT, PIERRE THOMAS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. WE TURN NOW TO THE UNPRECEDENTED WE TURN NOW TO THE UNPRECEDENTED WILD FIRES ON THE MOVE IN CANADA WILD FIRES ON THE MOVE IN CANADA AT THIS HOUR SENDING SMOKE INTO AT THIS HOUR SENDING SMOKE INTO THE U.S. AS FAR SOUTH AS THE U.S. AS FAR SOUTH AS WASHINGTON, D.C. AND STEPHANIE WASHINGTON, D.C. AND STEPHANIE RAMOS IS IN NOVA SCIOSCIA WITH RAMOS IS IN NOVA SCIOSCIA WITH THE LATEST. THE LATEST. GOOD MORNING, STEPHANIE. GOOD MORNING, STEPHANIE. >> Reporter: REBECCA, GOOD >> Reporter: REBECCA, GOOD MORNING. MORNING. WE CAN SMELL SOME OF THE SMOKE WE CAN SMELL SOME OF THE SMOKE IN THE AIR. IN THE AIR. WE CAN SEE THE HAZE. WE CAN SEE THE HAZE. OFFICIALS HAVE CLOSED ALL WOODED OFFICIALS HAVE CLOSED ALL WOODED AREAS, PARKS, TRAILS AND SOME AREAS, PARKS, TRAILS AND SOME SCHOOLS. SCHOOLS. RESIDENTS ALONG THE ATLANTIC RESIDENTS ALONG THE ATLANTIC COAST HAVE BEEN TOLD TO COAST HAVE BEEN TOLD TO EVACUATE. EVACUATE. THIS MORNING UNPRECEDENTED WILD THIS MORNING UNPRECEDENTED WILD FIRES RAGING ACROSS EASTERN FIRES RAGING ACROSS EASTERN CANADA FOR A FIFTH DAY. CANADA FOR A FIFTH DAY. MORE THAN 16,000 NOVA SCOTIANS MORE THAN 16,000 NOVA SCOTIANS UNDER EVACUATION ORDERS, UNDER EVACUATION ORDERS, HUNDREDS OF STRUCTURES GUTTED BY HUNDREDS OF STRUCTURES GUTTED BY FIRES. FIRES. RICK WATERS, HIS FOUR CHILDREN RICK WATERS, HIS FOUR CHILDREN AND DOG FLED THEIR HOME. AND DOG FLED THEIR HOME. HE SAYS HE'S NERVOUSLY WATCHING HE SAYS HE'S NERVOUSLY WATCHING HIS HOME FROM HIS DOORBELL HIS HOME FROM HIS DOORBELL CAMERA. CAMERA. >> THIS WASN'T A COMMUNITY THAT >> THIS WASN'T A COMMUNITY THAT WAS USED TO WILD FIRES AT ALL. WAS USED TO WILD FIRES AT ALL. >> Reporter: AN UNSEASONABLY >> Reporter: AN UNSEASONABLY WARM AND DRY SPRING HAS FUELED WARM AND DRY SPRING HAS FUELED FIRES THAT HAVE NOW SCORCHED FIRES THAT HAVE NOW SCORCHED ROUGHLY 77 SQUARE MILES. ROUGHLY 77 SQUARE MILES. >> IT'S PROBABLY NOT EVEN WORTH >> IT'S PROBABLY NOT EVEN WORTH IT, MAN. IT, MAN. >> Reporter: THAT'S NEARLY TWICE >> Reporter: THAT'S NEARLY TWICE AS MUCH AS THE PREVIOUS RECORD AS MUCH AS THE PREVIOUS RECORD SET 47 YEARS AGO. SET 47 YEARS AGO. >> EVERY DAY THAT THE >> EVERY DAY THAT THE TEMPERATURE GOES UP AND EVERY TEMPERATURE GOES UP AND EVERY DAY THE WINDS ARE SIGNIFICANT DAY THE WINDS ARE SIGNIFICANT ALLOWS THOSE FUELS TO BECOME ALLOWS THOSE FUELS TO BECOME MORE AND MORE VOLATILE. MORE AND MORE VOLATILE. >> Reporter: NOW SMOKE IS >> Reporter: NOW SMOKE IS SHIFTING SOUTH, PROMPTING AIR SHIFTING SOUTH, PROMPTING AIR QUALITY ALERTS IN NEW ENGLAND, QUALITY ALERTS IN NEW ENGLAND, EXPECTED TO GO AS FAR SOUTH AS EXPECTED TO GO AS FAR SOUTH AS D.C. D.C. NOVA SCOTIA FIRE OFFICIALS WERE NOVA SCOTIA FIRE OFFICIALS WERE HOPING FOR A BREAK IN THAT DRY, HOPING FOR A BREAK IN THAT DRY, WINDY WEATHER, BUT THAT'S NOT WINDY WEATHER, BUT THAT'S NOT FORECAST TO HAPPEN UNTIL FRIDAY FORECAST TO HAPPEN UNTIL FRIDAY EVE AT THE