Provincial forest rangers and firefighters guided reporters on a tour of the site to survey the damage. "There was a lot of flame,” said Bob Amos, a forest ranger and firefighter with the Natural Resources Department. “It was dry, burning the trees, going up, torching the trees. Firefighting crews set up trailers, tents, equipment, and food stations in an area on the edge of the flames, Amos said. They destroyed ecosystems and sent smoky air thousands of kilometres away, damaging air quality in major cities.