(Supplied Photo)Ministry of Natural Resources personnel who have been helping with the forest fire fight in British Columbia are talking about their experiences.
Mike Parkes from the Fort Frances Fire region was working in the Cariboo Region of B.C. and says shifting wind was among the biggest threats for firefighters.
"It definitely increases the danger due to the fact that we don't know where the winds are going to push the fire," says Parkes. "They could push them up hill, down hill or cross hill. You have to be head up and keep and eye out for trees to fall when the winds are pushing in all different directions."
Parkes was among the 161 MNR personnel who returned home this week.
