WHATCOM COUNTY, WA (MyBellinghamNow.com) – Winds may be shifting smoke out of our region, but wildfires continue to rage in BC and the Cascades.

The B.C. Wildfire Service reports a third blaze has been sparked within the Brunswick Creek Complex north of Hope.

Located about 60 miles from the border, the fires have burned over 62,000 acres since the start of the month.

Smoke from the Brunswick Creek Complex led to Air Quality Alerts in Whatcom and Skagit Counties earlier this week.

B.C. Wildfire adds that crews used a drone for the first time to spark a new line of perimeter fire in an effort to prevent additional spread towards residential areas.

Other fires east of the Cascades are growing in size as well.

Monitoring website Frontline reports that the Border 2 fire has now burned over 120 acres near the northeast side of Ross Lake. And just past the Whatcom County line, the Ptarmigan fire has grown to about 100 acres as of Monday.