The last time there was appreciable rainfall in Greater Victoria was July 3.
Port Alberni has seen more than its share of those fires, with more than a dozen in the past couple weeks. While all of those Port Alberni fires were human-caused, the tinder-dry drought conditions have added fuel to those fires, and Port Alberni Fire Chief Mike Owens worries there will be more brush fires in the coming days.
It’s not just Port Alberni suffering the affects of this unusually hot, dry fall. “With the root system, when the soil dries out, potentially it could create unstable conditions, especially when we get our first heavy rainfalls,” said Barabash.
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