Fires burning in north-central B.C. 'ugly,' threatening ranches and farms: Evacuee

Mike Robertson can only hope that his ranch in north-central B.C. will be safe.
He did all he could until he had to flee because of an evacuation order, putting up fireguards at his lakeside property, which includes large hay fields more than a square kilometre in size.
He described the encroaching fires as vicious and hungry.
“It could burn through a rock wall,” he said Saturday during a phone interview from his motorhome at a lake north of the active fire area. “It’s ug