B.C. wildfire crews continued battling more than 300 blazes Sunday morning, with a significant focus on controlling a 5,000-hectare fire near Ashcroft in the province’s central interior. The blaze near Ashcroft, raging just 8.5 kilometres south of the town, saw firefighters struggling all night to contain an “out of control” wildfire, which has put the municipality of Ashcroft and Ashcroft Indian Band land under evacuation alert. Meanwhile, authorities pleaded Sunday with residents fleeing smoky skies to stay with friends or family, in order to leave hotel rooms free for actual wildfire evacuees with “no other option.” Almost a third of the current 306 active fires are in the Kamloops region, according to provincial data. There are also significant wildfires burning in the Prince George fire region and in the province’s southeast.