'The table has been set' for significant wildfire activity this summer, an official with the British Columbia Wildfire Service says.
Underlying drought, unseasonably warm temperatures last month and hot, dry conditions in the June forecast mean "the table has been set" for significant wildfire activity this summer, an official with the British Columbia Wildfire Service says.
The Donnie Creek wildfire currently burning across more than 1,700 square kilometres north of Fort St. John offers a perfect example, he said. Forty or 50 mm of rain sounds substantial, "but given the underlying drought conditions, it's only a drop in a very empty bucket," he said. Matt Loney, a meteorologist with Environment and Climate Change Canada, said it was either the first- or second-warmest May ever recorded for at least 15 stations in B.C.
The province then headed into an early winter freeze and when spring 2023 arrived "we uncovered even deeper drought conditions" in many areas, he said."I think we're lining up for what could be a very active fire season.
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