B.C. wildfires put dent in interior resource industries

Logging contractor John McNeil’s crews have been double-shifting since late last week, when they can, cutting fire breaks around the mills and northeast boundary of 100 Mile House, instead of stacking up timber for his employer.
“The big thing is to save those two big sawmills, because that’s what our town is,” McNeil said, “and to save the homes in the area, and that’s what the effort has been concentrated on.”
His McNeil & Sons Logging is one of do