The World - News from July 10, 1985
More than 500 forest fires, many of them sparked by lightning, were raging in the Canadian province of British Columbia, engulfing thousands of acres parched by several weeks of dry weather. Authorities said more than 3,000 people are battling the blazes, part of the province’s worst fire season in 10 years. More than 370,000 acres of timberlands have been destroyed. In the small logging community of Canal Flats, 1,500 residents were evacuated.
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