“We will continue to use every tool necessary to keep people and communities safe.”
Blair said in a tweet he has approved a request for federal assistance to aid firefighters and emergency management personnel who are "working tirelessly" in B.C.Bowinn Ma, B.C.'s minister of emergency management and climate readiness, said in a statement she is grateful to the federal government for its support.
Blair said at the time that federal help could include military assistance for airlift evacuations from remote locations, as well as troops trained as firefighters who can "mop up" to keep blazes from reigniting. "We continue to work closely with the federal government and are grateful for the announcement that assistance has been mobilized," the statement said.
Blair's announcement came as the Central Coast Regional District issued an evacuation order covering 20 kilometres along the Dean River Valley, about 50 kilometres north of Bella Coola.
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