Emergencies minister Bill Blair says federal assistance is being mobilized to help British Columbia's fight against hundreds of wildfires.
Emergencies minister Bill Blair says federal assistance including military resources are being mobilized to help British Columbia’sBlair says he’s approved a request for federal assistance to aid firefighters and emergency management personnel who are “working tirelessly” in B.C.
He says in a tweet that the assistance will come from across federal departments and the Canadian Armed Forces. B.C.’s Minister of Emergency Management and Climate Readiness Bowinn Ma said Thursday she had made the request, while Blair said earlier that he expected B.C. to seek “fairly substantive” assistance.Sign up for the CHEK Now daily email newsletter to get breaking news and the day's top stories sent to your email.
The BC Wildfire Service says the total number of active fires in the province has topped 360, while the number of threatening or potentially damaging blazes has jumped to 17.
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