Over 300 properties on alert as dozens of new B.C. wildfires burn
![Crews from B.C. Wildfire and Yukon Wildfire are responding to the Hook Creek wildfire near the B.C.-Yukon border. The B.C. Wildfire Service says it is burning toward the northeast in the footprint of a 2004 fire and is highly visible from the Alaska Highway. Smoke rises from a forested hill in this aerial shot.](https://i.cbc.ca/1.7260120.1720657155!/fileImage/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/16x9_620/hook-creek-wildfire.jpg)
Heat and the risk of lightning could lead to more fire starts. A campfire ban is set for Friday.
Heat and the risk of lightning could lead to more fire starts. A campfire ban is set for Friday.