‘I’m not leaving’: Some B.C residents vow to defend homes from wildfires

“I’m not leaving,” said Ira Robinson, who lives in Clinton, B.C. As wildfires continue to burn across Canada, residents say they will stay to defend their homes, while John Gradek, a McGill University lecturer who has studied Canada’s wildfire response, says the country needs to rethink how it prepares for increasingly intense fire seasons.“The old strategies that we used to have 15 or 20 or 30 years ago just don’t cut it,” he said.There are now approximately 193 properties on evacuation order and 104 properties on evacuation alert due to the Fiftynine Creek wildfire in the Thompson Nicola Regional District.The Village of Clinton issued an evacuation order for all properties within its boundaries Friday.Robinson said if flames reach his community, he and others will use whatever equipment…

Excerpt limited to ~120 words for fair-use compliance. The full article is at Global News.