B.C. enacted a campfire ban on Mon. July 10 for everywhere in the province except Haida Gwaii, and the city of Revelstoke put in a campfire ban at the same time.

Revelstoke is in the Southeast Fire Centre, which on Tuesday afternoon had only 12 wildfires burning. There are 314 fires burning in total, with 42 that started in the last 24 hours.

The province has been in a drought since last fall, over a million hectares of forest has already burned since April, mostly in the northeast corner of the province, and we're not in the main fire season yet. Meteorologists are forecasting for the rest of the summer to be hotter and drier than usual.

Cliff Chapman, the director of provincial operations of B.C. Wildfire Services, says typically wildfires are started by lightning in B.C., not campfires, but that they can't afford human-caused fires right now.

"We're in a very challenging situation as we sit here today with what's going on in B.C." he said.

The province is trying to preserve resources while responding to the fires burning right now. There are crews from the U.S and Mexico fighting fires in the Prince George Fire Centre to supplement local resources. Chapman says they will continue to request help from other jurisdictions, including crews and equipment.

Over the weekend 23,000 lightning strikes lit 115 new fires, and more lightning is expected throughout the week.

Chapman is telling everyone in B.C. to be prepared for evacuations. He says to have a bag packed with important papers and supplies. He asks for people to report fires when they see them, by dialing *5555 on cellphones.

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