New Zealand firefighters to combat BC Wildfire in Canada
New Zealand firefighters' support came at a time when around 4000 Canadian firefighters are working to get the situation under control.
On August 3, Fire and Emergency New Zealand took to Twitter to announce their plan of combating the wildfire. "New Zealand firefighters to help combat Canadian wildfires."
On July 7, the disaster occurred when lightening storm made the fire spread rapidly in the Interior of B.C. An emergency was called immediately after the wildfire.
It continued to grow forcing local people to flee from their homes.
A media report on July 28 suggested around 10000 people were forced to go out of Williams Lake, the largest city in the Central Interior of British Columbia, which was under a high alert.
This year's wildfire has now become the worst since 1958, Global News said.
The record of wildfires are kept since 1950.
In 1958, 8560 sq. kms were burnt due to the wildfire contrary to 4910 in 2017, the latter recording much lesser than the former.
Still, 2017 wildfire is considered to be dreadful as statistically it is the worst in last 59 years.
Meanwhile, the ongoing provincial state of emergency has been extended till August 18.
Images: Twitter handle of New Zealand Firefighters, official site of Public Safety Canada (Government of Canada).
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