In photos: British Columbia bracing for an increase in extreme fire activity
Emergency officials in British Columbia are bracing for an increase in extreme fire activity in the province’s central Interior as hot, dry weather is expected to cause wildfires to quickly spread, adding to a crisis that has already forced thousands of people from their homes.
Verne Tom photographs a wildfire burning along a logging road approximately 20 km southwest of Fort St. James, B.C.DARRYL DYCK/The Canadian Press
Smoke from wildfires burning in the area fills the air as a transport truck hauling lumber travels on Hwy. 16 near Endako, B.C.DARRYL DYCK/The Canadian Press
Firefighter Christian Garcia, of Mexico, moves hose while dealing with hotspots in an area burned by the Shovel Lake wildfire near Endako, B.C.DARRYL DYCK/The Canadian Press
Firefighter Christian Garcia, of Mexico, directs water on hotspots in an area burned by the Shovel Lake wildfire near Endako, B.C.DARRYL DYCK/The Canadian Press
Firefighters from Mexico work on hotspots in an area burned by the Shovel Lake wildfire near Endako, B.C.DARRYL DYCK/The Canadian Press
Smoke from wildfires burning in the area fills the air as a woman harvests a field of hay on a farm west of Vanderhoof, B.C.DARRYL DYCK/The Canadian Press
Verne Tom stops to check on a wildfire burning on a logging road approximately 20km southwest of Fort St. James, B.C.DARRYL DYCK/The Canadian Press
Firefighters Christian Garcia, left, and Felix Flores, back right, both from Mexico, deal with hotspots in an area burned by the Shovel Lake wildfire near Endako, B.C.DARRYL DYCK/The Canadian Press
A wildfire burns on a logging road approximately 20 km southwest of Fort St. James, B.C.DARRYL DYCK/The Canadian Press
Thick smoke from wildfires fills the air as a motorist travels on Hwy. 27 between Vanderhoof and Fort St. James, B.C.DARRYL DYCK/The Canadian Press
A helicopter being used to fight a smaller fire nearby flies past a large plume of smoke rising from a wildfire near Fraser Lake, B.C.DARRYL DYCK/The Canadian Press