About 150 people are out of their homes and hundreds more are on evacuation alert, B.C.’s emergency information website says
Evacuation orders and alerts have expanded near several wildfires in British Columbia as communities try to keep residents safe and the BC Wildfire Service battles an increasing number of fires.
The Regional District of Bulkley Nechako ordered more properties evacuated late Monday near two out-of-control fires in the Burns Lake area of central B.C., including a 3.5-square kilometre blaze just east of the village, not far from to Highway 16. The district says the evacuation is mainly to protect infrastructure and to close surrounding recreational trails, while the other evacuation, along the north shore of Francois Lake, south of Burns Lake, now affects about 60 properties threatened by the 20-square-kilometre Parrot LookoutB.C.
In Yukon, crews report the wildfire just west of Whitehorse has grown significantly to nearly eight-square-kilometres but is not any closer to homes along the south side of the Alaska Highway, although its southern flank is moving toward the Ibex Valley, where an evacuation alert remains in effect. Heat warnings are still posted for Yukon as temperatures nudge 30 C in some places, but Environment Canada says showers and a cooling trend are on the way, while thunderstorms are forecast for much of the B.C., Interior and large sections of B.C. and Yukon also endure hazy, smoke-filled skies at least for the next several days.
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