> As of May 4, the fire had burned almost 77 square kilometers (7,700 hectares), and its cause was still under investigation. Fire restrictions were in place fo

> As of May 4, the fire had burned almost 77 square kilometers (7,700 hectares), and its cause was still under investigation. Fire restrictions were in place for most of the province due to hot, dry conditions. While the cause of this particular fire is still unknown, and there's a whole debate to be had on forest management, the Smokey the Bear PSA is still worthwhile: don't start fires you ain't supposed to. Every year or two in my part of the world there's a decent sized forest fire started by some idiot who couldn't wait for the wet season to burn off his brush.