The number of wildfires in British Columbia continues to rise amid persistent drought, and federal aid is on the way.
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Maps from the BC Wildfire Service and Emergency Management BC show around 70 wildfire-related evacuation alerts and orders on Saturday. Slingerland says he drove from Bella Coola to Salmon Arm on Friday and the skies were smoky for nearly the whole 840-kilometre route, starting at “the hill,” a steep stretch of Highway 20 connecting Bella Coola with the rest of the province.
The Regional District of Bulkley-Nechako issued two evacuation orders Saturday covering properties on the northeast shore of Elwin Lake, east of Houston, as well as properties west of Wisteria Mainline Road near Horseshoe and Fish Lakes.
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