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08-01-2003, 10:31 AM
KAMLOOPS, B.C. -- The hot, dry weather conditions that have sparked more than 200 forest fires in British Columbia are unprecedented, says Forest Minister Mike de Jong. "This is not a normal year by any stretch of the imagination," de Jong said Thursday. "We'll get an aerial crew in (to a fire zone) right now much quicker than perhaps in other less dry conditions." De Jong played down the seriousness of British Columbia's 242 forest fires reported Thursday by the B.C. Forest Service.
Source: Canadian Press... (http://www.firehall.com/cgi-bin/refer?url=http://www.canada.com/search/story.aspx?id=ff2a2d31-996e-4fcc-8983-f962d773c0df&s=&linkid=90&parent=news)
Source: Canadian Press... (http://www.firehall.com/cgi-bin/refer?url=http://www.canada.com/search/story.aspx?id=ff2a2d31-996e-4fcc-8983-f962d773c0df&s=&linkid=90&parent=news)