B.C.'s wildfire situation continues to flare up, with more blazes and evacuations
More than 100 active fires have forced evacuation orders for thousands of properties as gusty winds and thunderstorms hinder suppression efforts.
- As wildfire risks mount, rancher Will Unruh is preparing to move his 13 bison from his 777 Ranch near Green Lake, British Columbia, after the animals grew visibly nervous sensing danger nearby.
- The Friday evacuation order for the ranch is one of multiple directives covering more than 1,000 properties threatened by the 900-square-kilometre Pear Lake wildfire burning out-of-control in B.C.'s southern Cariboo region.
- Thompson-Nicola Regional District officials helped Unruh transport his 30 head of cattle and five horses to safety earlier this week, an initiative that left him "blown away." "Usually people talk badly about government, and I was just so blown away that it was their own initiative," he said.
- Almost 110 active wildfires are burning across British Columbia, with 48 considered out of control as of Saturday morning, prompting the Spuzzum First Nation and Fraser Valley Regional District to issue additional evacuation orders.
- Fire officials warn that a cold front bringing gusty winds up to 45 km/h will sweep the region this weekend, increasing danger to areas already parched by drought.
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Nearly 30 new fires were added to the approximately 100 active fires, forcing evacuation orders around Lake Okanagan in British Columbia.
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B.C.’s wildfire situation continues to flare up, with more blazes and evacuations
British Columbia's wildfires continue to threaten more and more communities, with almost 30 new wildfires added to the nearly 100 existing blazes over the last 24 hours. Even if a wildfire is not threatening your community, the BC Wildfire Service is r...
‘It’s a Responsibility’: Animals Moved out as BC Fire Risk Looms
Will Unruh says the 13 bison he cares for at his ranch near the shores of British Columbia’s Green Lake know that something is amiss. Smoke from a nearby wildfire is in the air, and they are staying close. “They’re hanging out right in this little corral, right close to where I am all the time, and that’s because they’re like people. They’re nervous,” he said on the phone Saturday from his 777 Ranch. The ranch was put under an evacuation order o…
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