B.C. Interior politicians call for better wildfire prevention

Municipal politicians from B.C.’s Interior are appealing for more help from the provincial government to prevent wildfires from threatening their communities.
From prescribed burns to legislative changes to allow clearing in old-growth forest areas, they expressed their concerns to representatives from the B.C. Wildfire Service at a panel hosted by the Union of B.C. Municipalities on Thursday.
Since the beginning of April, about 1,200 fires have burned 1.2 million hectares of land in