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CHILLIWACK, sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½ — British Columbia's Highway Patrol says people have died and "multiple others" have been injured in a multi-vehicle crash on Highway 1 in Chilliwack. It says the crash happened around 2:45 p.m. on Tuesday, near Yale Road West.

There are about 340 wildfires burning in the province, including eight wildfires of note.

The City of New Westminster and the District of Hope are warning residents about rising water levels.

CHILLIWACK, sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½ — Mounties in Chilliwack, sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½, say a four-year-old girl has drowned in a pond at a leisure centre. Police say they received a report of the drowning at the water park of the Chilliwack Landing Leisure Centre Monday night.

VANCOUVER — The sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½ government says it's "extremely unsafe" to be near the banks of the Chilcotin and Fraser rivers both upstream and downstream from a massive landslide after water started flowing through the slide early Monday.

Firefighters contain grass and brush fire after vehicle blaze north of Culliton Creek.

The water level behind the dammed area continues to increase at about 18 centimetres per hour, according to officials.

VICTORIA — Two out-of-control wildfires in British Columbia's southern Interior have forced officials to issue evacuation orders for people at almost 100 properties.

SURREY, sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½ — Surrey RCMP say a man is in hospital with serious burns after he was lit on fire during an attack in the community of Whalley.

VANCOUVER — Worst-case scenario modelling of the potential impacts of an over-the-top water breach of a massive landslide blocking British Columbia's Chilcotin River points to reduced flood threats downstream, Emergency Management Minister Bowinn Ma