Lightning strikes over the weekend sparked several new fires, one of which is in the Prince George Fire Zone, about 75 km northeast of Prince George close to Stuart River Provincial Park and Margaret Lake.
A fire ban is in place for the entire Prince George Fire Centre, which covers a 31 million hectare area in the northeast part of the province and new bans took effect Thursday in the Cassiar and Bulkley Valley zones.
Fires northwest of Prince George continue to burn out of control, although none are threatening any human population concentrations. “Right now the highway is still open and there is potential to impact the highway,” said Prince George Fire Centre information officer Sharon Nickel. Nickel said 102 firefighters from Mexico arrived Wednesday and more from the United States are coming later this week. To date, the U.S. has sent 170 firefighters, including 100 smoke jumpers, 40 ground crew workers, 16 agency representatives/officers and a 14-person incident team of management personnel.
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