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Nearly 30 per cent of the forested land base in the Prince George Fire Centre, which covers B.C.’s northeast, is likely to burn by the end of this year, according to the province. Forest Minister Ravi Parmar says the region has already seen nearly 7,000 square kilometres burned by wildfires since June. That’s by far the most of any of B.C.’s six fire centres, with the second highest being the Northwest Fire Centre, where just under 40 square kilometres have burned. …Over the past two fire seasons the province says wildfires have burned more forest area in the region than in the previous 60 years combined, for a total of 10 per cent of the region’s land are. … region has witnessed some of the province’s most destructive wildfires, including the 2023 Donnie Creek wildfire, the largest recorded in B.C.’s history.