Fortunately, Sunday's wet weather provided some relief to the crews fighting wildfires in B.C., but lightning strikes sparked approximately 60 new wildfires across B.C. over the weekend.
Kevin Skrepnek, a B.C. Wildfire Service spokesman, says though the rain has provided a temporary reprieve from current wildfires, it's still too early in the season to expect the progress to last, CTV reports.
"We need to ensure that people aren't getting complacent as a result of this rain," Skrepnek added.
The current wildfires in Western Canada have the potential to exhaust fire resources nation-wide, the latest report from the Canadian Interagency Forest Fire Centre (CIFFC) says. Already, soldiers and foreign firefighters from Mexico, Australia and New Zealand have been called in for Saskatchewan, which has been hardest hit.
52 Australian firefighters are expected to arrive in B.C. on Monday to assist with relief efforts, CTV reports.