CPH Daily Bulletin 12/2/2025

‘A personal embarrassment’: Why fire agencies keep failing to put out blazes that later turn disastrous

https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2025-12-01/holdover-fires

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Why fire agencies fail to put out blazes that later turn disastrous

Rekindled blazes are raising questions about whether agencies need to rethink how they ensure fires are truly extinguished.

Los Angeles Times

“There are approximately 70 fires currently burning across the country, primarily in northern B.C., northern Alberta and the southern Northwest Territories, according to Michael Norton from Natural Resources Canada (#NRCAN).

Norton said at a technical briefing earlier Wednesday that most of the blazes are “#HoldoverFires from 2023 that smouldered through the warm, dry winter we experienced and have become more active as spring progresses.”