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Weekend rain, cooler conditions allow crews to make progress on B.C. wildfires

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The Dryden Creek fire in Squamish , B.C. , was declared to be no longer out of control on Saturday .

The Kiskatinaw River fire in the northeast corner of the province was doused with more than 20 millimetres of rain over the weekend .

The wildfire service says cooler temperatures this weekend allowed crews to decrease fire behaviour.

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