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Rain quells fires

Rain, cooler temperatures and a change in wind direction are helping quell fires in north and central B.C., the hot zone this fire season. But there are still thousands of fire fighters on the front lines ensuring those fires don't flare up.
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Rain, cooler temperatures and a change in wind direction are helping quell fires in north and central B.C., the hot zone this fire season.

But there are still thousands of fire fighters on the front lines ensuring those fires don't flare up. On Monday, the province's firefighting expenses hit $5 million a day.

For more, see the Citizen.