Wildfire crews arrive in B.C. from Mexico as hot, dry conditions persist

The British Columbia government is welcoming 100 firefighters from Mexico on Saturday to help combat hundreds of wildfires raging across the province.

Nearly 5,000 properties remain under evacuation order and more than 16,000 are under evacuation alert over the weekend as hundreds of fires burn across the province, some fuelled by consistently warm temperatures and strong winds.

The B.C. Wildfire Service says there are 258 blazes across the province as of Saturday morning, most of them in the Kamloops fire district in the B.C. Interior.

There are currently 3,320 firefighters in B.C., including 94 from out of province.

Public Safety Minister