Despite rain, B.C. remains in a ‘tricky’ spot as wildfires continue across province
Recent rain has dampened but not changed the overall dynamic of the wildfire season across British Colombia as foreign firefighters are starting to arrive to assist local crews.
More rain is expected to fall today, but it is going to be scattered and enough to make a difference. Forecasts call for a range of somewhere between 5 and 20 millimetres of rain, he added. Chapman made these comments during a briefing with top ranking officials — Emergency Minister Bowinn Ma and Forestry Minister Bruce Ralston, as well as other representatives from other relevant ministries, including transportation.
He added that more than 1,300 crews are working across the province, with the most of the firefighting efforts taking place in the northeastern corner of the province. BC Wildfire Service has moved to operating around the year, having hired more than 100 new permanent staff while recruiting another 330 crews, Ralston added.“Even with scaled-up investments and programs, we have had a difficult fire season to date and we may well have a difficult summer,” he said.
“We’ve also been in conversations about potentially looking at firefighting resources from other agencies like Mexico, the United States the European Union,” he said.
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