Prince George, B.C. - Forty more firefighters have been deployed to battle the Windfall Creek fire south west of Tumbler Ridge. “The fire is not moving, but it is not considered contained” says Jillian Chimko, spokesperson for the Prince George Fire Centre. Yesterday an air tanker spread fire retardant on the area and two choppers provided assistance. Heavy equipment is not an option on this fire as the terrain is too steep. That fire has consumed 160 hectares of forest.

As for the Kalder Lake fire south of Mackenzie, it is in mop up mode.

Yesterday’s thunderstorm sparked a further 17 fires, that brings to 53 the number of fires in the Prince George Fire Centre. “We are getting a lot of rain so that is helping” says Chimko.

To the south in the Cariboo Fire Centre, crews  have  contained about half of the Itcha Mountains Fire burning in the Itcha-Ilgachuz Provincial Park .