Police on Vancouver Island say they are looking for suspects involved in lighting multiple wildfires near the north island community of Sayward .
B.C. is in the midst one of the province’s worst wildfire seasons on record, during which firefighters have responded to multiple wildfires on Vancouver Island. According to Sayward RCMP, several wildfires on the island were human-caused and may have been intentionally lit.
Sayward, a town of of approximately 300 people, is located in a remote area on the northeast coast of Vancouver Island. Police say that people were in the area of the Browning Creek Fire, about a 10-minute drive south of town, right before its discovery on Monday, July 3.
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