Canadian Defence Minister Harjit Sajjan and Bill Blair, Minister of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness are expected to announce federal help for the government of British Columbia to combat the ongoing wildfires amid historic heatwave striking the province.

They will be joined by Carla Qualtrough, Minister of Employment, Workforce Development and Disability Inclusion, and Jonathan Wilkinson, Minister of Environment and Climate Change.

There are currently 136 active fires with 49 of those sparked in just the last two days.

These are mostly located in the Interior and towards the north of the province near Prince George.

Right now, there are 1,362 homes under evacuation order in the province due to the wildfires and an additional 950 homes are under evacuation alert.

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