The B.C. Wildfire Service is paying tribute to the 19-year-old firefighter who died after being struck by a falling tree last week, calling her “the heart of us.” Read more.
The wildfire service says in its statement on Twitter that Gale was an “initial attack crew member” operating out of the Columbia Fire Zone in Revelstoke.
The statement says it is “hard to articulate the connectedness” of the firefighting community that had “lost one of our own.” With around 380 wildfires burning in B.C., the Canadian Interagency Forest Fire Centre says the province has the greatest number of blazes across the country. That’s on top of an order issued Friday spanning nearly 3,340 square kilometres in the Lhoosk’uz area, west of Quesnel, and several others in the area.
The alert had spanned a lengthy stretch of Highway 97, along with properties in a remote area north of Fort St. John, for more than two weeks.Article content A statement posted to Facebook said ministry staff have heard reports of people stopping along highways, especially Highway 16 between Prince Rupert and Prince George, a route where several “wildfires of note” are burning nearby.
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