In accordance with the BC Wildfire Act and provincial fire regulations, the CVRD fire departments have enacted their high-risk activities bylaw (as of Friday July 7).
First responders on the mid-island are asking for the public to obey "Slow Down and Move Over" laws, especially in light of this week s heavy snowfall.
VICTORIA Campbell River RCMP are crediting community members with helping rescue a man from a cabin fire on Saturday evening. The fire erupted at a cabin on Salmon Point Road around 8:30 p.m. Police say that once the fire started, a neighbour and a guest of a nearby bed and breakfast rushed to help whoever was inside. The pair managed to pull the sole resident, a man in his 40s, out of a back window of the cabin before the fire consumed the building. The man was later taken to hospital for treatment of burns and smoke inhalation. Meanwhile, the cabin was completely gutted, according to RCMP.