8,450 square kilometres burned as B.C. nears worst wildfire season
KAMLOOPS — British Columbia is poised to face its worst wildfire season as flames scorch thousands of hectares of land and costs rise to deal with the devastation.
BC Wildfire Service spokesman Kevin Skrepnek said an estimated 8,450 square kilometres of forest, brush and grassland has been burned since the start of the wildfire season on April 1.
That compares with a record loss of 8,550 square kilometres in 1958.
“(It’s) safe to say we are on track for this to be the worst season on record for that area burned,” Skrepnek said.