While July has felt like a precipitation heavy month, it’s certainly been helping BC Wildfire crews manage the season.
As of yesterday (Friday), the Prince George Fire Centre had 50 wildfires burning at 694,000 hectares.
Fire Information Officer Pedro Roldan-Delgado said over the last week, they’ve seen roughly between 3 to 64.4 millimetres of rain.
“Saying that, we are still in an underlying drought condition. It’s still persistent particularly in the northeast section of our Fire Centre.”
Roldan-Delgado added they’ve had roughly 9,500 lightning strikes since Monday, but was accompanied by precipitation, which is forecast to be similar through the weekend.
A map of the current wildfire situation in BC can be found on the BC Wildfire Service website here.
More information on the weather forecast can be found on Environment Canada’s website here.
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