British Columbia's wildfire service is once again issuing a plea for people to stop flying drones near wildfires to avoid crews having to stop their work. The service has had to ground its crews at two wildfires over the weekend — the Kimbol Lake wildfire near Nakusp on Saturday and the Becker Lake wildfire near Vernon the same day. government toughened up its laws prohibiting the operation of drones near wildfires in 2016. On Sunday, crews were affected by boaters on Kalamalka Lake near the Becker Lake wildfire close to Vernon. "This is dangerous both to people on the boat and to our personnel, and interferes with critical firefighting operations," the wildfire service said on Twitter.

Source: CBC News July 11, 2021 22:07 UTC