Local fire crews back home after battling blazes in B.C. for five weeks
All Clearwater Regional Fire Crews who were in British Columbia helping battle blazes over the last five weeks are all home now.
Five different crews of four or five members were deployed on July 19. They helped with structural protection in much of Williams Lake and Loon Lake during the first couple weeks then the last few weeks were in the Clinton area helping battle the fire at Elephant Hill.
“What the structural protection does is, we’re going in front of these big fires setting up big sprinkler systems, pumps and hoses to protect houses and getting out of the way and letting the fire hit them. So what that did to the equipment was a big challenge” said CRFRS Fire Chief Steve Debienne.
Firefighters were able to protect and save 400 to 500 homes and buildings.