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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.

An evacuation alert for the McBride Timber Road South area has been rescinded, Fraser-Fort George Regional District said Monday morning.

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

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

KAMLOOPS - Residents of a village in British Columbia's southern interior are anxious to see what is left of their homes after one of the hundreds of wildfire s raging across the region tore through their community, engulfing dozens of properties and

Evacuees describe the scene as they fled forest fire