According to the BC Wildfire Service, shifting winds, cooling temperatures, and a predicted increase in lightning strikes could lead to more wildfires soon.
Information Officer Erika Berg says the Fort Nelson and Cariboo fire centres will be the biggest victims of thunderstorms on the horizon.
This could add to the more than 270 wildfires currently raging in the province.
So far nearly seven thousand square kilometres of forest have been lost.
The Chief Louie Lake and Coldfish Lake fires are the largest fires of note currently burning in the Northwest Fire Centre, covering 20 thousand kms and 75 hundred kms, respectively.
More than 100 evactuation alerts have been posted, with 50 orders in place.
Wildfire activity this weekend prompted the Cariboo Regional District to issue a new evacuation order, as well as two alerts.
The evacuation order covers over 33 thousand hectares in the Moose Valley area, and will replace the previous order for the area, as well as portions of numerous other order areas.
Residents who have not already done so are requested to evacuate immediately via Highway 97 to 100 Mile House.
Evacuees should then register at the Community Hall at 265 Birch Avenue.
Two new evacuation alerts were issued this weekend by the Cariboo Regional District.
The Flat Lake West area has been issued their second alert, which will also absorb the previous Flat Lake North alert.
In addition, residents in the Moose Valley North area are also being asked to be at the ready for possible evacuation orders.
Residents within evacuation alert areas should be prepared to evacuate immediately should an order be issued in the future.
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