Over 1,000 properties on evacuation alert after wildfire breaks out near Invermere, Radium Hot Springs

Firefighting crews are battling a wildfire near Invermere and Radium Hot Springs, BC, which grew to 300 hectares by Tuesday morning.

This July 24, 2023, handout image released by the British Columbia Wildfire Service, shows an aerial view of the Horsethief Creek wildfire, approximately 10 kilometres west of Invermere, British Columbia.Twenty-five properties have been ordered evacuated and more than 1,000 are on alert as wildfire crews battle a 300-hectare blaze near Invermere and Radium Hot Springs in B.C.

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