2018 now worst fire season on record as B.C. extends state of emergency

Since B.C. Wildfire has been burning more than any other season now since the record, the government has expanded local emergencies

As of Tuesday, over a year ago, more than 12,984 square kilometers were destroyed.

On Wednesday morning, 534 fire continued to burn, and the state announced it extended the state of emergency until the end of September 12. About 3,200 people were expelled for forest fires, and 21,800 people were alert.

In the devastating forest fire season of 2017, 65,000 people were forced to leave the house and 12,161 square kilometers of British Columbia fired.

Scientists believe that there are several reasons why the BC state's two mountain fire seasons such as lack of controlled burning and active fire fighting enabled the accumulation of fuel throughout the state It is.

But they say that changes in weather patterns caused by climate change bring things closer, bringing B. C to a warmer, more dry weather and more lightning strikes.

The fire season of 2017 is the most devastating in modern history. It beat the burned area and cost records in many areas. It burned 9.1 million acres in the United States. Thomas' fire is the worst in California. It burned 283,800 acres in December. Fire demand in 2017 wine township was $ 10.4 billion. In 2017, the US Forest Department spent nearly $ 2.5 billion, far exceeding $ 1.4 billion in 2016. Fire fighting accounts for 52% of the budget. It has little to do with forest management, capital improvement, and research. At the peak of the season, more than 280,000 people and 1,900 fire trucks were deployed. Air National Guard must support and reduce 530 thousand gallons of flame retardant

At present, there are 123 forest fires in the state. This is the worst fire season in about 60 years. As 7,000 British colombs were still evacuated from their homes, we extended local emergencies until 18 August. Firefighters from Nova Scotia, USA, Mexico and even Australia helped us. It is estimated that 1,880 square kilometers were burned. Even more worrisome is that Kamloops's air quality assessment has reached 47. This is twice the level of Chinese red warning in 2015.