More than 4,700 people under evacuation order Monday as blaze rages just 2.5 kilometres from town
The wildfire that forced almost 5,000 people to flee is now burning just 2.5 kilometres from the community of Fort Nelson.
“So ground operations are often compromised, so our focus really is about trying to do structure protection, structure defence and reinforce our guards on this fire, using heavy equipment and air support,” he said. “Additionally, we have tremendous support from municipal fire departments and local governments in response to both the Parker Lake wildfire and any other additional fires we have in the Prince George Fire Centre,” he said. “At this time, we do not require additional resources from outside .”“I think we need to realize that this is a very active situation right now,” Ma said, when asked to rate the probability of property damage.
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