British Columbia's wildland firefighters are predicting a busy fire season in parts of the province, particularly in the northeast where multiple evacuation orders are already in place and fires have been growing rapidly.

Neal McLoughlin, superintendent of predictive services for the BC Wildfire Service, said that while spring rainfall and normal temperatures have alleviated some concern, the likelihood of an active season is growing in regions experiencing persistent drought, including the southwestern Interior, the Chilcotin and the far northwest.

"But the northeast is the region of greatest concern, and will experience continued fire activity through the summer, given their multi-year drought conditions and presence of overwintering fires that have shown up this spring," he told a new

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