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Lack of firefighters in rural areas has led community members to take the protection of their land into their own hands, but provincial officials say this hinders the fire fight

‘We’re still here to work with BCWS and CSRD – the goal is to put out the damned fire’

On Wednesday night, a group of residents — some with trucks — travelled to a police checkpoint on Highway 1 by Sorrento to challenge RCMP officers.

Julie and Kevin Matiowskys home on the shore of Shuswap Lake is among thousands gutted by fast-moving wildfires in B.C. that have torn through the region in recent days.

The BC Wildfire Service has confirmed it temporarily pulled out crews fighting fires in the province's Shuswap region after protesters showed up at an RCMP roadblock Wednesday evening in what police say was an effort to "overwhelm" the blockade.

BC Wildfire Service, CSRD still waiting for structure loss assessment

Firefighters recount the worst week of the worst year in B.C. for wildfires.

All evacuation orders and alerts remain the same

All evacuation orders and alerts remain the same

All evacuation orders and alerts remain the same