Fire staff say no clear reason behind stark increase in local brush fires
NANAIMO — The number of local brush fires has risen dramatically and there’s no concrete reason why.
Fire prevention officer Umesh Lal told NanaimoNewsNOW many of the 15 reported fires between July 9 to Aug. 9 were caused by human error or intentionally set.
“You would think people would be far more vigilant of what’s going on, as compared to last year,” he said. There were no brush fires reported over the same period of time in 2016.
Five fires were reported just this week.