‘We need help’: Letter, petition, MLA call on Eby to declare state of emergency due to Cariboo fires

A letter and petition, along with the BC Conservatives, are calling on Premier David Eby to declare a state of emergency in the face of massive wildfires burning in the Southern Interior.The letter template has been shared in multiple Cariboo Facebook groups, with individuals chiming in both for and against the proposal, and some saying they have sent the letter to the government.“I am writing as a gravely concerned resident of the Cariboo and as one of many people who are increasingly fri