The B-C Wildfire Service says the intensity and size of the Donnie Creek wildfire in northeastern B-C is too dangerous to put firefighters in a position where they are attacking it directly. Information officer Julia Caranci says that is why the service conducted two planned ignitions last week that burned a 55-kilometre portion along the southern flank in an effort to control the fire and create “confinement lines.” The service says the Donnie Creek fire is now the second largest wildfire in the province’s recorded history and is currently estimated at more than 24-hundred square kilometres in size. It is one of 83 fires burning in British Columbia, and one of 413 active blazes across the country
