Air quality advisories remained for most of the province due to high levels of ultra-fine grit tossed up by the fires. The eastern Fraser Valley is also still under an advisory due to a fire north of Agassiz. The health index rating in Castlegar, Cranbrook, Williams Lake and much of the Okanagan is still a "very high" risk of 10 or higher. Winds complicated the battle against many fires, including those southwest of Burns Lake and along the south shore of Francois Lake. Fire breaks snake along a mountain where a prescribed burn was conducted to help prevent the Shovel Lake fire from reaching the Nadleh Whut'en First Nation in Fort Fraser, B.C.

Source: CBC News August 25, 2018 18:56 UTC