FOREST FIRES

[turbo]

I'm proud to say that 100 Australian front line firefighters and a similar number of support staff have gone over to BC to help out. I know Canadian firefighters have come here to help in the past, including the Black Saturday fires that killed 173 people.

And yes, some of those fires are started by arsonists which is a disgrace. We even had a case here of a volunteer firefighter setting fires so he could go out and fight his own fires.

 

[Shortround6]

The last is, unfortunately, a bit more common that you might think. The vast majority of volunteer fire fighters and contract firefighters are honest, caring, hard working people (of both sexes) who are appalled and disgusted when it happens. Well under a fraction of 1% giving others a bad name.

 

[fubar57]

This is going to end in no time soon...

Wildfires combine to create largest blaze in B.C.

 

[Robert Porter]

That is more than a little scary!

 

[Old Wizard]

 

[fubar57]

250 News | Wildfires Top Million Hectares Mark

 

[Gnomey]

Real shame to see arson being involved as well. Some people are just the pits...

 

[Wayne Little]

Don't like the sound of your news George...

 

[vikingBerserker]

Dam..............

 

[gumbyk]

I'm proud to say that 100 Australian front line firefighters and a similar number of support staff have gone over to BC to help out. I know Canadian firefighters have come here to help in the past, including the Black Saturday fires that killed 173 people.

And yes, some of those fires are started by arsonists which is a disgrace. We even had a case here of a volunteer firefighter setting fires so he could go out and fight his own fires.

Just heard that there are 80 kiwis up there as well. We've had Canadians down here helping with fire fighting at times as well.

 

[fubar57]

An update from 16 days ago when the wildfire burned 8450 square kms.....now 12,310 square kms lost

 

[Old Wizard]

 

[Wayne Little]

Aw man......

 

[Robert Porter]

That is massive!

 

[Airframes]

It sure is !

 

[Gnomey]

That is a huge amount of territory!

 

[vikingBerserker]

Man, that's scary

 

[fubar57]

B.C.'s state of emergency to end at midnight Friday

There are still 153 wildfires burning.

B.C. wildfires map 2017: Current location of wildfires around the province

As of Sept. 13, 1254 wildfires had burned 1,192,834 hectares across the province

 

[Robert Porter]

The US is no better. It is a bad year for North America.

National Interagency Fire Center

Daily statistics 9/15/17
Number of new large fires 10 States currently reporting large fires:
Number of active large fires
Total number includes full suppression and resource managed fires.
Total does not include individual fires within complexes. 66
California (9)
Idaho (5)
Montana (22)
Nevada (1)
New Mexico (1)
Oregon (14)
South Dakota (2)
Texas (1)
Utah (2)
Washington (8)
Wyoming (1)

Acres from active fires 1,708,661
Fires contained 11
Year-to-date statistics
2017 (1/1/17 - 9/15/17) Fires: 49,399 Acres: 8,378,990

 

[michaelmaltby]

"... It is a bad year for North America."

No 'good' no 'bad' .... just nature. Maybe a bad year for humans ... but that is another story.