Fast-Moving Fire Scorched Tires as Woman Fled From Monte Lake, B.C.
Smoke from the Tremont Creek wildfire burning on a mountain rises in the distance behind a home in Ashcroft, B.C., on July 15, 2021. British Columbia’s wildfire danger map shows a low to moderate fire risk over much of the province after a rainy weekend, but the extreme risk is expected to resume quickly as another hot spell arrives. The Canadian Press/Darryl Dyck
A man who lost his family home in Monte Lake, B.C., said his sister escaped while the tires on her vehicle were melting.
Kevin Cooke said his sister Jackie Cooke left when told to by fire crews, but wasn’t able save her cats, birds or their mother’s ashes from the onrushing wildfire.
