Heightened fire situation has BC officials considering recalling deployed firefighting force

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Fraser says the heightened fire activity has led officials to discuss bringing more resources back to BC.

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“We’re in discussions right now regarding if we will be bringing back the crews that were sent to Ontario and Quebec early,” said Fraser. “The east is still experiencing heightened fire activity, but given our own provinces situation, we will not be filling any further requests going out east.”

The province sent 145 firefighters to help out in Ontario and Quebec last week.

Out-of-province deployments typically last 19 days, but BC can recall its forces at any time if the situation here escalates.

Meantime, Fraser says the weather might bring a brief respite over the weekend.

“They are forecasting for some rain anticipated in the Okanagan tomorrow, which is helpful. That gives our crews a bit of a reprieve to help get an upper hand on the fire. But that is just a short term weather event and the long term forecast is still calling for hot and dry conditions,” said Fraser.