Fire crews face danger

Fighting wildfires is dangerous that's why the BC Wildfire Service posted a video to their Facebook page proving just that.

The video shows massive cedar trees randomly falling to the ground in a burning forest within the Monashee Wildfire Complex.

Trees tipping over is ultimately the biggest hazard fire crews working in the Monashee Wildfire Complex are faced with.

"The trees in the video are cedar, which burn from the inside out until they fall without warning," according to the BC Wildfire Service. "The safety of our workers is our absolute top priority. The operations team has had to pull crews off of areas of the Devil’s Creek fire because of the hazard danger trees present."

"Twelve Danger Tree Assessors/Danger Tree Fallers have been contracted on to this complex to help mitigate the risk of danger trees to firefighters."

At last mapping, the Mabel Creek fire was estimated to be 1861 hectares; the Harris Creek fire was estimated to be at 508 hectares; the Sugar Mountain fire is estimated to be at 332 hectares.