“(It’s) safe to say we are on track for this to be the worst season on record for that area burned,” Skrepnek said. That compares with a record loss of 8,550 square kilometres in 1958. 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. KAMLOOPS, B.C.—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. The largest wildfire, in Hanceville, southwest of Williams Lake, now covers 2,120 square kilometres, Skrepnek said.

Source: thestar August 15, 2017 21:53 UTC