The 2017 wildfire season is now the second worst in B.C. since records began, according to the BC Wildfire Service.
Since April 1, 491,000 hectares have burned across the province, sending this season over the 483,000 hectares burned in 1961. Only 1958 was even worse – 855,000 hectares burned that year.
"2017 season has been extra ordinary in many ways in terms of the aggressive fire weather we’ve seen" says Kevin Skrepnek.
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