Rain, Cooler Weather Could Bring Relief to BC Wildfire Crews as New Fires Start

Rain, Cooler Weather Could Bring Relief to BC Wildfire Crews as New Fires Start
The area around the Bush Creek East blaze, northeast of Kamloops on the west side of Adams Lake, is shown in a handout photo. The Canadian Press/HO-BC Wildfire Service
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Crews with the BC Wildfire Service faced a busy long weekend as the number of active wildfires in the province jumped above 400, including 34 reported Monday.

The wildfire service says more than 200 of those blazes remain out of control, including a small fire northwest of Princeton that was sparked by a malfunctioning ATV but grew quickly, forcing a speedy but safe evacuation of about 1,000 people at a nearby music festival on Sunday night.