Photo: Flickr/BC Gov’t

BC Wildfire crews on scene of fire.

As wildfires continue to burn across the province, the BC Wildfire Service says we don’t need any more human-caused fires.

There have been 310 wildfires from lightning this season and 290 that are man-caused, for a roughly 50-50 split.

“If you take the 10-year average over the course of the season, about 40 per cent of wildfires would be human caused,” said fire information officer Ryan Turcot.

The large wildfires of note that are currently burning are still under investigation, and Turcot said causes are still being determined.

“We do currently have a large number of wildfires that are quite concerning and have quite a large human impact just in terms of evacuations that are being caused,” he said.

“I really do want to emphasis to the public to please just use as much caution as you can,” he said. “Another human-caused fire is just going to divert critical resources away from the larger fires we are already dealing with.”

The largest wildfires currently are:

• Hanceville Fire at 125,000 hectares
• Elephant Hill at 52,622 hectares
• Tautri Lake at 49,146 hectares