Based on forecasts, Natural Resources Canada expects the wildfire season will continue to be unusually intense throughout July and into August
nationwide Sunday, and about two thirds were deemed out of control. B.C. was the most affected province, with dozens of new fires erupting over the weekend.
Additional requests from the province such as staging areas and maritime support are being addressed by other departments, including Transport Canada, the RCMP and the Canadian Coast Guard, said Annie Cullinan, a spokesperson for Minister of Emergency Preparedness Bill Blair’s office. Only the combined efforts of him and a 10-person firefighting team kept his cabins standing. Everything else was scorched.
The precipitations won’t be significant enough to alleviate current drought conditions, Ms. Budd of BC Wildfire Service said.to temporarily stop diverting water to operations in watersheds in the northeast district, and said they were considering banning water use by other industries such as agriculture in other parts of the province.
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