{"product_id":"captured-by-fire-surviving-british-columbias-new-wildfire-reality-9781550178852","title":"Captured by Fire: Surviving British Columbia's New Wildfire Reality","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn the summer of 2017, wildfires dominated the headlines in British Columbia. As a low pressure weather system continued to cause lightning strikes, starting new fires, strong winds fanned the existing ones. Over two hundred fires burned in the province and nearly ten thousand people in or around the towns of 100 Mile House, Ashcroft, Cache Creek, Princeton and Williams Lake received the instruction \u003cem\u003eYOU\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003e \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003eMUST\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003e \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003eEVACUATE\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003e \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003eNOW\u003c\/em\u003e. But not everyone left.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eCaptured by Fire\u003c\/em\u003e alternates between the dramatic first-person accounts of wilderness dweller Chris Czajkowski and homesteader Fred Reid, who both ignored the evacuation order and stayed to protect their properties, animals and livelihoods. Living in a remote area, they knew that their homes would be of low priority to officials when fire fighting resources were deployed. Over the course of the summer, as alerts fluctuated and even the firefighters pulled out, both had to decide: when is it time to go?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Harbour Publishing\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/21\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781550178852\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 320\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.20lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.90h x 5.90w x 0.80d","brand":"Chris Czajkowski, Fred Reid","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":36659491864732,"sku":"9781550178852","price":21.21,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_58c46ff5-4ef6-44b0-910f-f95a29091316.jpg?v=1603894947","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/captured-by-fire-surviving-british-columbias-new-wildfire-reality-9781550178852","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}