VICTORIA — The forest and brush around the international airport at Cranbrook, B.C., has been scorched in an all-out effort to protect the vital transportation link from an encroaching wildfire, airport manager Tristen Chernove said Friday.
Wildfire crews were at the Canadian Rockies International Airport in southeastern B.C. overnight Friday monitoring the fires that were purposely lit as a guard from the out-of-control St. Mary's River fire, he said.
The BC Wildfire Service recommended Thursday that City of Cranbrook properties and leased areas at the airport be placed under an evacuation alert. "I would say there's been a lot of proactive measures, including last night, to keep the airport protected from any surprises." A new out-of-control wildfire visible from the City of Kamloops was reported about 11 kilometres southwest of the Interior city.
Federal and provincial government officials have said B.C. and Canada are on the way to the worst fire season in 100 years.
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