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B.C. Wildfire Service forced to focus on life threatning wildfires due to a lack of resources
BY , Jul 16, 2021 3:14 PM - REPORT AN ERROR
A wildfire burns on the side of a mountain in Lytton, B.C., Thursday, July 1, 2021. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
The B-C Wildfire Service says it is being forced to focus on wildfires that threaten lives and safety due to a lack of resources.
Spokesman Kurtis Isfeld says issues like hot weather are affecting firefighting partners in other provinces, which means there are fewer resources to share as the forecast shows little to no reprieve.
Emergency Management B-C says there are more than 300 wildfires burning across the province, and two-thousand 800 people have been forced to escape their properties.
Sarah Hall of the fire service says about 51 evacuation alerts affecting 10-thousand properties around the province were in place as of last night.
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