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Reported missing late last week, Franklin Douglas Orr has been found and is safe, Prince George RCMP said Monday. "Police would like to thank those persons that assisted with the investigation.," RCMP added.

Treasure Cove Casino and Hotel took down the signs prohibiting overnight camping on its property in response to a significant backlash from motorhome owners once word got out.

A new wave of evacuees could arrive in the city as residents in the Williams Lake area were being urged to be ready to leave in anticipation of winds swooping through and whipping up three forest fires burning in the area.

Prince George has become a safe haven for people fleeing the smoke and flames that are ravaging the central and southern Interior regions.

In light of the recent wildfires which have devastated and evacuated thousands in B.C., communities throughout the province are also pulling together to save the animals who have been evacuated.

John Iverson wasn't exactly singing in the rain but after a two-hour soaking and lower temperatures Sunday afternoon, the Prince George Fire Rescue chief was certainly relieved the weather was cooperating with efforts to douse a series of small fores

Ron Peterson got five minutes notice that he and his loved ones had to flee the flames and smoke of the Gustafsen Lake fire. He knew the danger was approaching, so he had been readying for days.

The forest fires to the south has meant the city's hotels are busier than usual. "It's definitely limited availability, very high occupancy," said Tourism Prince George marketing and communications manager Annie Doran.

One of the major routes between Prince George and the rest of the province remained closed Monday as massive forest fires raged near 100 Mile House and Williams Lake.

Giving cash is the quickest and perhaps most effective way to help ease the stress for evacuees escaping the forest fires further to the south.