Prime Minister Trudeau thanks crews for efforts fighting B.C. fires
WILLIAMS LAKE, B.C. — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says a helicopter tour of British Columbia’s charred landscape Monday left him awed by the destructive force of wildfires burning across the province and impressed by the extraordinary determination of firefighters battling the flames.
Trudeau said he saw ranches in the Cariboo region surrounded by scorched earth and evidence of flames stopping just short of a runway.
“The speed at which it can flare up, the way it could cut across roads, really impressed upon me the extraordinary work being done by our wildfire professionals,” he said. “I really saw the extent of the scale of the devastation and the damage.”
Fire crews on the edge of exhaustion have pushed through to keep people and buildings safe, the prime minister added.