Provincial state of emergency ending tonight
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VICTORIA — Based on advice from emergency management and wildfire officials, British Columbia’s provincial state of emergency will expire at the end of the day on Thursday, September 14 after being enacted on August 18.
The provincial government says that the work of firefighters from B.C., Canada and abroad, as well as wildfire risk diminishing in much of the Province as temperatures cool, has led to many British Columbians returning home. As of Thursday, about 370 people are on evacuation order and more than 18,000 are on evacuation alert. These numbers are a substantial improvement over the last several weeks.
Bowinn Ma, Minister of Emergency Management and Climate Readiness said that while the provincial state of emergency is no longer required, the wildfire season is not over, and many communities still have local states of emergencies. The Province says they will continue to take every action necessary to respond to the ongoing wildfire situation and support the recovery of affected communities.
Ma also said “conditions continue to be very challenging in northern B.C., with 125 active fires in the Prince George Fire Centre, and the Province will continue to surge resources into the North as required.”
