State of emergency in British Columbia extended as wildfires rage

VANCOUVER (Reuters) British Columbia government took the Canada Goose Coats On Sale unprecedented step on Wednesday of extending a state of emergency by buy canada goose jacket two weeks as it battled 140 wildfires canada goose clearance that have forced about 45,000 people from cheap Canada Goose their homes.

FILE PHOTO: A canada goose coats on sale police escorted convoy of residents of the town of Cache Creek are pictured on Highway 1 Canada Goose Outlet near Savona, British Columbia, Canada. REUTERS/Ben Nelms

The province Premier John Horgan said evacuated households would receive canada goose factory sale C$600 Canada Goose Online ($476.53) from canada goose store the government buy canada goose jacket cheap to cover canada goose uk shop basic needs for every 14 days they cannot return home. The government announced the first such payment earlier this canada goose black friday sale month after establishing a C$100 million fund.

when an emergency canada goose uk black friday is declared people are usually back in their homes within the two week period. That online website may not canada goose be the case for many individuals, Horgan told https://www.expeditionparkaoutlets.ca reporters, in canadian goose jacket his first canada goose uk outlet major announcement since taking office on Tuesday.

On July 7, the Canadian province declared its first state of emergency since 2003 as gusty winds fanned Canada Goose sale fires that were caused by lightning and humans in the tinder dry central and southern regions.

The fires have shut mines and timber operations and damaged homes uk canada goose outlet and electrical infrastructure.

Canadian military aircraft have joined thousands of firefighters from as far away as Australia to battle the fires.

On Wednesday, 140 fires were raging in the province, down from 163 on Sunday, British Columbia chief fire information officer Kevin Skrepnek said, attributing the drop to cooler, less windy conditions.

Wildfire evacuees from Williams Lake, Daniel and Hailey stand with their grandfather while in line for Canada Goose Jackets food outside of the evacuation centre in Kamloops, British Columbia. REUTERS/Ben Nelms

The estimated area of land burnt since the beginning of the wildfire season on April 1 was 353,000 hectares (872,282 acres), costing the province C$105.3 million, Skrepnek said.

The Insurance Bureau uk canada goose of Canada said it was too canada goose coats early to provide cost estimates of the fire damage. Skrepnek said heavy smoke made it difficult to gauge damage to homes and other infrastructure.

Mining and milling cheap canada goose uk operations at the Gibraltar copper mine had resumed canada goose clearance sale after being shuttered for four days as fires restricted access to the mine site, owner Taseko Mines said.

Major pipeline companies in region, including Kinder Morgan Canada Ltd, a unit of Kinder Morgan Inc, have created fire breaks, installed sprinklers and Canada Goose Parka taken other measures to protect operations.

West Fraser Timber Co and privately held Tolko, among the Canada Goose online largest Canadian producers of forestry products, and Norbord Inc, have suspended some operations.