Two blazes in the northwest the most serious as heat wave fuels concerns of more to come
The number of active wildfires in British Columbia has jumped by more than two dozen to about 130 amid a heat wave, creating prime conditions for fire.
The BC Wildfire Service says smoke from the 130-hectare Little Oliver Creek fire will be visible from Highway 16 and the Terrace, B.C., area, while the 240-hectare Hook Creek fire is burning out of control to the north, near the Yukon boundary. The wildfire service has announced a provincewide campfire ban is set to take effect Friday at noon, with the exception of the Haida Gwaii forest district.
Temperatures lowered to more seasonal levels in Metro Vancouver and on Vancouver Island by Wednesday, and a cold front is due to sweep across northern B.C. on Thursday.
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