This week, more than 200 firefighters joined air tankers and helicopters in an all-out attack on the Wesley Ridge fire on Vancouver Island.
On the fire line, two crews from the same company crossed paths — one setting up sprinklers to protect evacuated buildings, another digging trenches and felling danger trees.
The 18 contracted firefighters stood together for a quick portrait in an act that has become a tradition for the company.
When Greg Witt, president of Osprey Silviculture Operations, received the photograph on Tuesday, he quickly grabbed a couple of images of the wildfire off Facebook and posted them together on the company’s page.
“Ospreys crews meet up
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