B.C. Wildfires 2018: State of emergency declared across province as 559 fires burn

For the second year in a row, wildfires have prompted the B.C. government to declare a provincewide state of emergency.
Doing so allows firefighting agencies such as the B.C. Wildfire Service or public safety agencies such as Emergency Management B.C. or the RCMP to take every action necessary to fight the fires and protect communities. It also allows for centralized co-ordination of federal, provincial or local agencies.
“This state of emergency improves our ability to increase that co-or