18.2°C Vancouver 18.2°C VancouverJul 16, 2021 3:14 PM -
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.
