The Government of Mexico, through the National Forestry Commission (Conafor), sent a second group of firefighters to contribute to the mitigation and extinction tasks of the more than 300 active forest fires that affect the province of British Columbia in Canada.
The second Mexican group of 100 firefighters arrived on July 24 at Vancouver's Abbotsford International Airport, where they were received by a delegation led by the Consul General of Mexico in Vancouver, Berenice Díaz Ceballos.
The assistance from Mexico takes place within the Memorandum of Understanding for the Exchange of Resources for . . .
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