It could be "weeks or months" before hundreds of BC wildfires are finally out: Premier Horgan

Premier John Horgan says it could be ``weeks or months'' before hundreds of BC wildfires are finally out.

Horgan made the comment this morning while visiting the headquarters of the Southeast Fire Centre in Castlegar.

He says thousands of evacuees should know B-C's thoughts are with them and ``resources are behind them.''

Concerns have been raised about adequate lodging for evacuees, and Horgan says the province is talking with local governments about creating group facilities at schools or community centres so people forced from their homes can remain as close as possible to their threatened properties.