The wildfires in Maple Ridge and Coquitlam come as some areas of the south coast move to cope with extended hot weather and water shortages.
Firefighting crews are battling two new wildfires in the Metro Vancouver region as unseasonably warm weather has led to tinder-dry conditions across the southwest coast.
Coquitlam fire Chief Jim Ogloff said his crews called in helicopter support from the BC Wildfire Service, which dumped buckets of water on the blaze. By noon, firefighters had contained the blaze and were mopping up lingering fires. The fire has grown to 0.3 hectares, and Julia Caranci, a fire information officer with BC Wildfire Service’s Coastal Fire Centre, said there are two helicopters and five firefighters working to extinguish it.
The combined effect of particulate matter from wildfires in Washington State has led to on going air quality advisories across the Eastern Fraser Valley, Fraser Canyon, as well as the Nicola and Similkameen regions further inland. Drought drives concerns over water supply On the Sunshine Coast, drought has turned so severe the regional district has opened an emergency operations centre.
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