BC wildfires: Fire season moving in ‘positive direction’ but drought threat looms: Ministers | FULL

British Columbia emergency officials expressed cautious optimism that the worst of the wildfire season had passed, Wednesday, but warned of the looming threat posed by an ongoing drought.

Emergency Management and Climate Readiness Minister Bowinn Ma said that as of Wednesday there were still 3,800 people under evacuation orders and 34,000 more under evacuation alerts.

“We are trending in a positive direction as some evacuation orders are being downgraded to evacuation alerts,” Ma said.

While the fire situation in the central region of the province had “stabilized,” according to Ma, Forests Minister Bruce Ralston said strong winds over the weekend in Northern B.C. had exacerbated fires there.

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