The B-C Wildfire Service says wildfires have burned six-thousand-600 square kilometres of land since the start of this year’s fire season.
The latest statistics from the wildfire service shows roughly 270 fires are currently burning, while nearly 15-hundred have been sparked since April 1st — including 50 in the last week.
Approximately 38-hundred people are on the fire lines, more than 400 of them from outside B-C.
Evacuation orders currently affect 62-hundred properties while residents of more than 27-thousand properties are on evacuation alert and ready to leave on short notice.
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