Hundreds more fires are burning around B.C., including the Terrace Mountain fire in West Kelowna, which has forced 2,500 people out of their Central Okanagan homes for the second time in two weeks.
Fire information officer Suzanne Von der Porten says crews at Terrace Mountain, north of Kelowna and near Fintry, are doing all they can to stop the progress of the 75-square-kilometre blaze.
"There was some growth overnight, but apparently it wasn't very significant," Von der Porten said.
That fire is about half a kilometre away from the nearest structure.
Von der Porten said the high winds that were anticipated never arrived, so crews will continue doing many of the same tasks they have in recent days.
"It's supposed to be a hot day today. ... They're going to continue extending those fire guards, working on hot spots that have burned ahead of the fire's front."
Evacuations also cover homes near Bella Coola on the Central Coast and in the Interior in several communities west of Lillooet and north of Pemberton.
About 40 residents from the community of Kluskus, west of Quesnel, had to be evacuated from their homes by air Monday night after fire cut off the roads leading out of town.
That 10-square-kilometre fire is zero per cent contained.
