Thousands were ordered to flee, but some locals who refused to leave have taken the fight into their own hands, accusing the province of failing to provide enough resources and effectively abandoning them to protect their homes.
Reid Foreman is one of them. He admits he knowingly disobeyed evacuation orders and tells CTV News he would do it again.
Crazy thing is you watch the video and the one dude has a 3" going. Makes you wonder if he didn’t rescue it from a back-up site somewhere close by. 😠
video here under heading “Tensions rise in Shuswap fire fight”.
They are stealing gear from the fire fighters and making the situation worse. They are endangering professional and volunteer firefighters and other people’s lives and property.