Greater Victoria could see a decrease in air quality this weekend as smoke from wildfires starts to blow in.
Wildfire smoke from the Interior should start to arrive in some Vancouver Island communities by Saturday afternoon as outflow winds push it westward.
The newest wildfire in the Vancouver Island region is a blaze discovered on Quadra Island about 3:30 p.m. Thursday. It is rated as being held, and dropped in size to 1.5 hectares from an initial four hectares by Friday afternoon. Coastal Fire Centre information officer Sam Bellion said crews worked into the night Thursday, and a helicopter and as many as a dozen firefighters were at the scene Friday morning.
Elsewhere on the Island, five small lightning fires in a remote mountainous area in Strathcona Provincial Park continue to be monitored. B.C. Parks has said the fires are going to be allowed to burn because they are not causing safety concerns or approaching any infrastructure.
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