'It was like the forest itself was complaining about the fire'

'It was like the forest itself was complaining about the fire'

Santos Javier Beltran shares his story of the Bush Creek East wildfire with Santiago Rojas. Photo by Santiago Rojas Santos has spent the past ten years as a temporary foreign worker paving roads in Canada, spending months away from his home  in  Mazatlan, Sinola in Mexico. “We grew up playing in the street,” Santos said. “Being in the countryside. Living among the animals, cows, horses. It was a balanced life compared with today.” The married 62…