More Ontario Crews Heading To B.C. To Help Combat Forest Fires
Posted July 31, 2009 12:00 pm.
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More firefighting resources from Ontario are being dispatched to British Columbia to help battle forest fires.
The Ministry of Natural Resources says 230 more firefighters and support staff will leave from Sudbury and Dryden on Saturday.
It’s the fourth deployment this month and brings to 570 the number of Ontario personnel to head to the west coast.
Evening rains helped dampen a spreading fire atop Blackcomb Mountain, home of sliding events for next year’s Winter Olympics.
The blaze was started by lightning and dry conditions helped it grow rapidly in a little over two hours on Thursday.
The fire is burning away from Whistler village and is on the other side of the mountain from the Olympic venues.
