VANCOUVER — Scattered rain across parts of British Columbia is welcome in the fight against wildfires, but it would take a week of sustained precipitation to extinguish the risk, an official with the BC Wildfire Service said.
That's not in the forecast, said operations director Cliff Chapman, although the recent showers gave crews an opportunity to use suppression tactics on several blazes in the northeast, including a massive fire burning within two kilometres of the Alaska Highway.
"But it won't be enough to knock down the hazard as we enter into July and August, which typically set up as our warmer, drier, hotter months." An incident management team could arrive from the United States as soon as this weekend to provide some rest for one of six B.C.-based teams, he said. More than 2,750 people are currently under evacuation orders in Tumbler Ridge, the Peace River Regional District and the Northern Rockies Regional Municipality, Minister of Emergency management Bowinn Ma said Wednesday.
Residents, especially elders, are staying indoors and using air purifiers to cope with the heavy wildfire smoke blanketing the area, he said.
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