Watch 300 South African firefighters sing at Alberta airport before battling fire

A video has captured an uncommon and uplifting scene in the drama of the Fort McMurray wildfire, with 300 firefighters from South Africa singing and dancing in unison at the Edmonton airport in Alberta before they head off to help reinforce Canadian firefighters.

After a 22-hour journey that started in Johannesburg, the firefighters from South Africa's Working on Fire Program arrived in Edmonton on an Air Canada flight late Sunday to help in the firefighting efforts currently underway in Northern Alberta.

The journey marked the first time Canada's flagship carrier operated into South Africa. It also marks the largest number of wildland firefighters ever brought into Canada.

Before being deployed to battle the fire raging in Fort McMurray, the contingent of 300 men and women broke out into a joyful South African song and dance.

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