Rain Allows ‘Slight Reset’ in BC Wildfire Fight but Drought Persists

Rain Allows ‘Slight Reset’ in BC Wildfire Fight but Drought Persists
A wildfire located north of Gibraltar Mine, approximately 20 kilometres south of Kersley, B.C., is shown in this handout image provided by the BC Wildfire Service. The canadian Press/HO-BC Wildfire Service
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Recent rainfall has allowed for a “slight reset” of the wildfire fight in northern British Columbia but “doesn’t erase all the challenges” of this year’s historic fire season, Emergency Management Minister Bowinn Ma said Thursday.

“While the rain did give our hardworking firefighters a chance to take a deep breath, the wildfire and drought situation remains largely unchanged due to the drought conditions we have been seeing since last summer,” she told a news conference on Thursday.