The already devastating fire season raises the question — is there any way for us to fireproof towns and cities at nature's edge? "But one of the side benefits of that is that you basically reduce fuel load or the litter on the forest floor around communities and in the forest." But failing to manage vegetation also increases risk, because a greater fuel load can mean disaster if and when a fire strike, Christianson said. That means building houses that can better resist fires, and managing the fuel load and how it's spaced out between buildings and forests. Wildfire Service set a controlled burn on Monday in an attempt to head off the Deka Lake wildfire in the Cariboo region.

Source: CBC News July 09, 2021 08:00 UTC