Wildfire near Westwold, B.C., grows to 12,500 hectares; Quebec firefighters deployed

After a big wind fueled run on Sunday, the White Rock Lake fire near Westwold, is now estimated at more than 12 THOUSAND hectares.

Now after a week of lobbying for more resources by residents on social media, the B.C. wildfire service was able to add one hundred more firefighters to the battle,

Thanks to some help from Quebec.

• Wildfire near Westwold, B.C., grows to 12,500 hectares; Quebec firefighters deployed