Quiet wildfire season saves B.C. millions
KAMLOOPS — With the wildfire season all but wrapped up, provincial officials say 2016 was extraordinarily quiet.
Chief Fire Information Officer Kevin Skrepnek says 1,050 fires were recorded this year, a 42 per cent decrease from 2015.
Skrepnek says that means the province has saved a lot of money, compared to the firefighting expenditures of the past two years.