Ground and air crews are battling hundreds of out-of-control wildfires amid continuing hot, dry and often windy conditions that are making it a difficult struggle.

There are 230 active wildfires burning across the province, said Kevin Skrepnek, chief information officer for the BC Wildfire Service.

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The hardest-hit regions are the central and southern Interior. There are also a number of major blazes burning in northern B.C. but at this point they91裸聊视频檙e not posing as immediate a threat as the fires further south, he said.

Check out the video below as some of our provincial firefighters and affected residents show what it is like to be inside a wildfire.

was declared Friday after about dozens of new fires ignited and crews grappled with intense winds. The government said it would allow it to more easily coordinate a response to the crisis.