CANADA | Monday, 14 January 2013 | Views [356] | View Larger Image
Due to the thousands of trees killed by the Mountain Pine Beetle, a large amount of British Columbia's forests are comprised of standing-dead timber. Dry, dead, trees have made for a substantial increase in fire activity in much of the province. Here a BC Smokejumper talks on the radio to air support as fire, fueled by beetle-killed trees, rages at his back.
