BC’s Largest Wildfire Still Threatens, as Conditions Elsewhere Ease

The Murtle Lake wildfire, located within Wells Gray Provincial Park, is shown in this handout photo provided by the BC Wildfire Service on June 9, 2023. The Canadian Press/HO-BC Wildfire Service

Rain and cooler weather over much of British Columbia has prompted two fire centres in the southern and central Interior to roll back campfire bans.

The Kamloops and Cariboo fire centres say the Category 1 open fire ban will lift at noon Friday, covering blazes no larger than 1.5-metres high by 1.5-metres wide.