Horgan visits northern B.C. for update on wildfire situation
Aug 21, 2018 | 10:08 AM
PRINCE GEORGE — British Columbia Premier John Horgan is to travel to the central Interior to meet with first responders who are fighting some of the more than 500 wildfires burning across the province.
Horgan is to make a stop in Prince George, where shelter has been arranged for more than 2,000 evacuees ordered out because of an 850-square-kilometre blaze threatening an area from Fraser Lake to Fort St. James.
The premier is also expected to travel to Burns Lake, where three out-of-control fires have forced evacuation orders and alerts to the east, south and southwest of that village.
The BC Wildfire Service says 1,925 wildfires have charred 6,121 square kilometres of timber and bush since April 1.
