Prince George, B.C.- About 100 firefighters arrived in Prince George earlier today, ready for deployment to the hot spots in the province.

 

The Air North flight started in Dryden Ontario with a stop in Winnipeg and then straight to Prince George.

 

This group of firefighters then boarded a bus which will take them to Williams Lake.

 

They are among the fifteen 20-person sustained action unit crews that have started arriving in the province to relieve those who have reached their maximum work days and must return to their home provinces.

 

 

100 of the action crews already in B.C. headed home this weekend and a further 220 will head home later this week.

 

There are nearly 33 hundred personnel  fighting fires in B.C. right now, of that number, 2,732 are from B.C.

 

A group of firefighters from Thunder Bay Ontario took a Westjet flight direct from Thunder Bay to Williams Lake today.