Wildfire support crew arrives in Kamloops from Ontario

Twenty-one support staff from Ontario are expected to arrive in Kamloops today to help fight fires across British Columbia.

Navi Sainiof the B.C. Wildfire Management Branch says they will help manage the logistics of fighting fires in the coming days.

There are 55 fires burning across the province, with three of them expected to take days to put out.

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Twenty firefighters are battling a 4,000-hectareblaze in northernB.C. near Williston Lake that started Thursday.

Forty-one firefighters and six helicopters are trying to put out a 1,200-hectare fire near Quesnel, in the North Cariboo region, which started Tuesday.

In northern B.C., near the Alberta border, 160 firefighters and 12helicopters are battling a 3,800-hectare blaze close to Tumbler Ridge that was sparked a week ago.