FOREST FIRES

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Several thousand of the 43,000+ evacuees have been told they can return home after 2 weeks. Many however will still be on evacuation notice. The main highway is still closed between Williams Lake and 100 Mile House with no estimated time of opening. More than 3,600 square kilometres of land have been scorched by 716 fires since April 1, 90 structures confirmed lost and thankfully no loss of human life
 
Here is something pathetic...

Several arsons reported in Williams Lake, weeks after wildfire evacuation

....that area is around one of the local reserves. Now this is a known fact as told to me when I worked for the Ministry of Forests. Inside the front office area there was a large map of districts range of service showing all fires they fought, each small red dot represented a fire. Around the indian reserves of Ingenika and Fort Ware the red dots were massive, probably 10 times the size of the others. When I asked the fire boss about it, all he said was two words..."red lightning". The day I went into a fire camp he took me aside and told me that if the fire went out too quickly there was a good chance the indigenous peoples would start another again. Fighting fires is how they make extra money in the summer. Sure enough, as I was flying out 10 days later another fire started up in Ingenika. The first major fire this year was called the Ashcroft Reserve Fire until the locals got upset about it and had the name changed. Arson is suspected
 

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