CP NewsAlert: B.C. wildfire season sets record as hundreds of fires burn
By The Canadian Press on July 18, 2023.
With more than 370 blazes burning in the province, BC Wildfire Service data shows they have consumed more than 12,900 square kilometres of land this year in B.C., encroaching on the record of just over 13,500 square kilometres set in 2018. Flames from the Donnie Creek wildfire burn along a ridge top north of Fort St. John, B.C., on Sunday, July 2, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP/Noah Berger-3
