A by the numbers look at B.C.’s record setting 2017 wildfire season

VANCOUVER — The 2017 wildfire season in British Columbia set records as the most destructive in the province’s recorded history. Here is a look at the season by the numbers: 12,164 square kilometres: Area burned, equivalent to more than a third of Vancouver Island. The worst level of destruction since 1958 when 8,560 square kilometres burned. $562.7 million: Estimated cost of fire […]