Cooler weather and a sprinkling of rain in central B.C. overnight has helped calm wildfires sending smoke as far as northwestern Ontario.
While 232 forest fires are still burning throughout the province, the number of new fires has been decreasing daily thanks to conditions that are colder, wetter and feature less gusty winds.
Fire information officer Gwen Eamer, in Kamloops, B.C., says 36 per cent of the province is still at high or extreme risk of wildfires and some 2,800 firefighters remain battling blazes.
But she says many fires are currently in stages of creeping ground growth, rather than in a volatile state like mid-last week where flames spread quickly across the crowns of trees.
Rains that poured on the Cariboo fire centre have helped clear up some of the drifting smoke, even helping in other problem areas like the Prince George and northwestern fire centres.
Upwards of 70 per cent of the province still remains under campfire bans and Eamer says people shouldn't become complacent because only a few days of sun could bring fire levels back to critical.
