VICTORIA --
As the warm, dry weather of summer approaches, firefighters up and down Vancouver Island are preparing for the start of wildfire season.
Though the current fire danger rating in Greater Victoria is low to moderate, fire services in the region want people to know that as forest floors dry out, it only takes seconds for a spark to become a blaze.
"It will dry out quite quickly so the chances of a wildfire go up dramatically," said Langford Fire Department assistant chief of fire protection, Lance Caven.
"With COVID people want to be outside, they want to be out in nature and we just need them to be really diligent," he said.