Global News reporter Keith Baldrey asks Public Safety Minister Mike Farnworth if the B.C. government has extra powers under the state of emergency to deal with residents who won’t evacuate. Farnworth says there are potential penalties and these are very aggressive fires and that residents should not put the lives of firefighters in danger.
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Can the government take action if British Columbians don’t leave when told to evacuate wildfire zones?
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