International help is on the way as new wildfires erupt in B.C.
New wildfires continue to erupt in British Columbia, triggering more evacuation orders while federal and international help is on the way.
The province’s online emergency map showed 71 evacuation orders and alerts due to wildfires were issued by the regional districts of Bulkley-Nechako, Cariboo, Central Coast, Fraser-Fort George, Kitimat-Stikine, Peace River, and Squamish-Lillooet, along with the Northern Rockies Regional Municipality, the Stikine Region, the Takla, Tl’azt’en, and Lhoosk’uz Dené nations, and the Yekooche and Nadleh Whut’en First Nations.
Department of National Defence spokesperson Jessica Lamirande said an Immediate Response Unit consisting of two companies of soldiers will be available to assist in firefighting. The Canadian Armed Forces are also ready to provide aircraft for logistical tasks and evacuations, including two CH-146 Griffon helicopters and one CC-130J Hercules, “should it be needed,” she said. Resources will be deployed Sunday and are expected to be on the ground by Monday.
The province has requested 1,000 additional foreign firefighters to join 160 from Mexico and the United States already in B.C., Ms. Ma said Thursday. Her office said Saturday that Australian teams are expected to arrive this weekend.
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