As the wildfire threat in British Columbia begins to recede, the B.C. government is lifting a provincial state of emergency and shifting to support fire-stricken communities.
announced the development, on the advice from emergency management and wildfire officials, in a media release Thursday afternoon.is no longer required, the wildfire season is not over,” Emergency Management and Climate Readiness Minister Bowinn Ma said in the release.
As of Thursday, the number of people under evacuation orders stood at about 370, with another 18,000 under evacuation alerts. At the peak of the wildfire emergency, an estimated 30,000 people were forced from their homes. Despite the improvement, Ma said significant challenges remained — particularly in the Prince George Fire Centre, were 125 wildfires remain active.A state of emergency is also being implemented in the Stikine region in northwestern B.C., aimed at maintaining an evacuation order that’s been in place since Aug. 26. The province said the provincial order is necessary because the Stikine is an unincorporated region.
The state of emergency was initially declared on Aug. 18, and was followed by a travel restriction order aimed at freeing up accommodations in the Okanagan and North Shuswap for evacuees and emergency responders.As of Sept. 14, there were still 395 fires active across the province. Since April 1, 2,152 fires have scorched more than 2.37 million hectares of land and believed to have destroyed more than 500 structures and homes.
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