Please keep sending LOVE/RAIN to wildfires . . .

& Thank You! Cooler weather:

B.C.’s coolest weather in a month aids wildfire fight

The Narwal:
When a wildfire came to my remote B.C. community,
residents headed to the frontlines

On Sunday, our audience engagement editor, Karan Saxena, spotted an Instagram post from photographer and Narwhal contributor Louis Bockner.

Louis is part of a volunteer fire crew in his 150-person hometown of Argenta, in southeast British Columbia — a team in the midst of helping battle fires triggered by a massive lightning storm.“

It’s something many of us have been waiting for, recognizing it as an inevitable reality of living so intimately with the forests we love so dearly,” Louis wrote. “It’s also something we prepared for.”

Louis agreed to pen a first-person account for The Narwhal, piecing together a harrowing, photo-filled story in between shifts fighting the fire along with BC Wildfire Service crews.

The 2024 Jasper Fire is a grim reminder of the urgency
of adopting a Canadian national wildfire strategy

Buildings in Jasper in ashes
as ‘monster’ wildfire spans 36,000 hectares

430 wildfires burn across B.C. with 107 starts in past 24 hours

With province’s north and neighbouring B.C. aflame, southern Alberta braces for the worst

80,000 lightning flashes in B.C. in 3 days

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World Wildfires

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