The head of the B.C. regional district most affected by raging wildfires is pleading for more help and resources from the province.
The Regional District of Bulkley-Nechako (RDBN) in the province’s northwest has a population of around 40,000.
After a weekend that saw more than 24,000 lightning strikes across B.C. coupled with extreme heat warnings, dozens of fire starts in the region led hundreds of properties to go on evacuation order and alert.
It’s leading the regional district’s chairperson to call on the province to further aid communities — something made problematic by a historic wildfire season that has seen strained resources.
“We’re extremely thin, we’re extremely resource-poor at the moment,” Mark Parker told CBC News.
“It’s
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