Essentially, the cattle will be used as lawn mowers, grazing in grassland areas next to residential homes, eating potential wildfire fuel.

Some social media posts from concerned local residents suggest local taxpayers should be made a priority in the event of an emergency and recommend that tourists be asked to leave. 

The Kamloops Fire Centre is responding to 14 suspected lightning-caused fires across the Kamloops, Vernon, Penticton, Merritt and Lillooet zones.

Environment Canada says cities such as Kelowna (49 mm) and Summerland (47 mm) have recorded an average full month of rain in the first two weeks of June alone.

Just six days ago, it was a raging inferno licking Highway 3 and threatening properties below, prompting an evacuation alert for 10 homes, as well as smoke advisories.

Drought conditions, above average temperatures and “significantly” lower-than-average snow pack levels combined indicate a “busier than normal season.”

The province is budgeting more money to fight B.C. wildfires.

Winemakers can only hope the scent of smoke that's in the air across British Columbia from wildfires won't swirl in the glass once this year's vintages have been bottled.

Matt Melnyk said in all his years of flying, he had not seen anything like it, adding it was pure luck that he was able to see it because of the calm conditions in the sky.

Fire officials said updated mapping pegs the Snowy Mountain wildfire near Keremeos, B.C. at more than 12,000 hectares.