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10-28-2003, 06:34 AM
VICTORIA -- After its own summer of wildfires, B.C. is being asked for some help by fire-stricken California. The province's public safety minister, Rich Coleman, says a request came in Monday morning. He says California is not asking for firefighters, but equipment like air tankers and fire-retardent gel.


Source: canada.com (http://www.firehall.com/refer.php?url=http://www.canada.com/search/story.aspx?id=2ae9294f-d05d-47ca-8675-7ad8ba00d5d3&linkid=232&parent=news(headlines)&)