Access to backcountry in B.C.’s Cariboo region restricted in response to fires
KAMLOOPS, B.C. — Access to the backcountry has been banned in a large swath of British Columbia’s Interior as wildfire crews gear up for a challenging weekend.
Kevin Skrepnek with the BC Wildfire Service said winds are expected to pick up Saturday with a change in the weather and that risks fuelling fires already burning throughout the Cariboo fire centre.
The ban started Friday and covers 103,000 square kilometres of Crown lands within the Cariboo region in south central B.C.
Skrepnek said the ban is intended to maintain safety and prevent any human-caused fires that could divert their resources at a time of extreme fire danger.