Ross Griffiths walked defiantly through roadblocks on Bamfield Road Sunday that he says are destroying his community’s businesses and threatening the safety of its hundreds of residents.

The Bamfield man wanted to see for himself the damage to the road that has kept it closed since Aug. 11 by the Mount Underwood wildfire, but told CHEK News that what he found has only made him more upset.

“Well I thought it was destroyed, and then you come to a road like this. A road that should be travelled on, and there’s no reason for them to have it closed,” said Griffiths.

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RCMP were called to the scene Sunday afternoon as Griffiths and his fellow Bamfield residents walked through the roadblocks. Locals also took photos of the closed section that appeared to show no damage to

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