Premier set to return to interior to look at wildfire damage

Aug 28, 2017 | 5:38 AM

KAMLOOPS —   Premier John Horgan is set to return to B-C’s Interior today to once again visit areas affected by this year’s devastating wildfire season.

     Horgan is scheduled to make stops in Ashcroft, Cache Creek, Kamloops and Kelowna this afternoon with Forests Minister Doug Donaldson.

     The B-C Wildfire Service has said wildfires have charred more than 10-thousand square kilometres since April 1st.

     Thousands of people have been displaced by the flames and the province has spent more than 300 million dollars on fire suppression.