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The latest numbers regarding British Columbia’s wildfire situation show that 20,000 hectares of land burned between Wednesday and Thursday.
Between April 1 and Thursday at 7 pm, 360,835 hectares burned as a result of BC’s early and aggressive wildfire season.
There have been 1,187 wildfires during that time frame and 272 (-5) are currently active and burning throughout the province.
Here’s how they break down by fire centre:
- Kamloops Fire Centre - 98 (-4)
- Southeast Fire Centre - 64 (+3)
- Prince George Fire Centre - 53 (-5)
- Cariboo Fire Centre - 45 (+1)
- Coastal Fire Centre - 8 (--)
- Northwest Fire Centre - 4 (--)
As a result of these fires, there are 58 (+8) evacuation orders and 78 (-1) evacuation alerts in place that are affecting 5,084 and 17,489 properties respectively.
The majority of those are found in Emergency Management BC’s Central region, which covers a similar area as the Kamloops Fire Centre.
- Central - 44 orders (+10) and 48 alerts (+4)
- Southeast - 7 orders (-2) and 8 alerts (-4)
- Northeast - 4 orders (--) and 16 alerts (--)
- Northwest - 3 orders (--) and 4 alerts (-1)
- Southwest - 0 orders (--) and 2 alerts (--)
- Vancouver Island Central Coast - 0 orders (--) and 0 alerts (--)
There are 3,193 firefighters (+70) and other personnel who are fighting BC’s wildfires, who are being supported by 198 helicopters and planes (+20).
You can visit the BC Wildfire Service website for all the latest updates on the province’s ongoing wildfire situation.
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