A crew of Nova Scotia firefighters is travelling to British Columbia on Monday while a contingent of New Brunswick firefighters are already on location to help battle the wildfires currently ravaging the province.
The 21-person crew is set to travel to Prince George, B.C. on Monday morning.
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New Brunswick says that 28 firefighters from the province are currently in B.C.
“20 firefighters are staying in Clinton, BC, and they are working on the Wild Goose Lake fire, about a 1-hour drive from Clinton,” a spokesperson for the New Brunswick Department of Agriculture, Aquaculture and Fisheries said in an email on Monday.
Four supervisors are helping in the Shovel Lake fire and two team leaders will be in Merritt, B.C.
In response to the wildfires, the B.C. government has declared a province-wide state of emergency.
As of Aug. 19, there are 56 wildfires of note — fires that are highly visible or which pose a potential threat to public safety — in the province.
There are 562 active fires burning across B.C. with the danger rating risen to high or extreme in virtually every part of the province. More than 435,000 hectares have burned so far.
The cost of fighting the fires this year, to date, has now exceeded $204 million.
— With files from Amy Judd
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