BC Wildfire 2017

• Smoke from 2017 B.C. wildfires supports expert’s conclusions for nuclear winter

  The enormous plume of smoke formed the largest cloud of its kind ever observed.

  Environment

  Aug 8, 2019
  
• ‘Unusable’ radios plagued troops fighting 2017 B.C. wildfires

  "Unreliable" radios reduced the effectiveness of troops helping fight wildfires in British Columbia last year, documents released to Global News show. 

  Canada

  Aug 8, 2018
  
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• B.C.’s wildfire situation just grew so large, it needs outside help to fight the flames

  One of the biggest blazes is the Snowy Mountain fire, which is burning at over 6,500 hectares.

  Environment

  Aug 3, 2018
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• Ashcroft wildfire grows to 6,150 hectares: Evacuation orders remain in place

  The B.C. Wildfire Service says structures have been lost due to this fire but it has not been determined how many at this time.

  Jul 11, 2017
• B.C. wildfire: How a wet spring might have aided the inferno’s rapid spread

  B.C. declared a state of emergency Friday after about 140 new fires broke out. By Sunday, crews were battling 220 blazes.

  Canada

  Jul 10, 2017
• New Brunswick firefighters head to B.C. to assist with wildfire crisis

  At least 220 fires are burning and more than 8,500 people have been forced from their homes, including about 1,500 ordered out of 100 Mile House on Sunday night.

  Canada

  Jul 10, 2017