The British Columbia government says military support is arriving for deployment after the province asked for Ottawa's help in fighting hundreds of wildfires.
The Ministry of Emergency Management says two Canadian Armed Forces reconnaissance teams were being deployed today, including a"land force team" headed for Prince George and an air force team bound for Kamloops.
With around 380 wildfires burning in B.C. the Canadian Interagency Forest Fire Centre says the province has the greatest number of blazes across the country. That's on top of an order issued Friday spanning nearly 3,340 square kilometres in the Lhoosk'uz area, west of Quesnel, and several others in the area.
The alert had spanned a lengthy stretch of Highway 97, along with properties in a remote area north of Fort St. John, for more than two weeks. A statement posted to Facebook said ministry staff have heard reports of people stopping along highways, especially Highway 16 between Prince Rupert and Prince George, a route where several"wildfires of note" are burning nearby.
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