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The BC Wildfire Service will continue battling the Brunswick complex overnight with night-vision helicopters dropping water and crews conducting direct attack and patrols. “We are operating 24-hours a day on the complex fires,” the wildfire service said in an online update. The complex includes the 2,621-hectare Brunswick Creek wildfire and the Ainslie Creek fire, now estimated at 15,497 hectares. While down from an earlier estimate of 16,987 hectares, the Ainslie Creek fire has grown significantly since earlier this week. The Brunswick Creek fire, which started July 2, sparked the Ainslie Creek blaze after embers crossed Highway 1, which remains closed through the area. Strong south winds of up to 40 km/h fuelled aggressive fire behaviour Wednesday and are expected to continue overnight, according to an online BCWS update. …The BCWS said fire activity increased Thursday along the west and south flanks of the Ainslie Creek fire.