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09-04-2003, 01:59 PM
Moderate to low winds Wednesday helped firefighters contain hundreds of B.C. forest fires. "In general, we had pretty good success on a lot of the larger fires," said provincial fire information officer Steve Bachop. While more than 7,000 firefighters were hoping for the relief that cooler temperatures and rain might bring this weekend, Bachop said, they were wary of the high winds that often precede a cold front...

Source... The Vancouver Sun (http://www.firehall.com/cgi-bin/refer?url=http://www.canada.com/search/story.aspx?id=d25228ba-9acd-4673-a3c2-b9e1af3c3e16&s=35677512.4630989&linkid=180&parent=news)