A firefighter manages a controlled burn to help contain a larger fire near Falls Creek, Australia, Sunday, Jan. 5, 2020. Canadian wildfire experts say Canada is very vulnerable to the kind of devastating wildfires ravaging Australia right now. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP/Rick Rycroft[/caption]PENTICTON — British Columbia is on fire (again), and Premier David Eby is at the airport awkwardly high-fiving hundreds of Mexican firefighters who’ve arrived to contain the blazes.
The province currently has 214 personnel from Mexico, 34 from Australia, and five from New Zealand supporting hundreds of provincial firefighters, with additional international resources expected in the coming days.
