Fort St. John eatery runs out of burgers as B.C. wildfire evacuees swell town
A wildfire threatening the town of Fort Nelson in far northeast B.C. has inflicted “some structural damage,” according to the community’s mayor.
The mayor said he had wanted to wait before making the news public, but someone with a camera had taken video showing some of the damage. Evacuees packed the parking lot of the North Peace Arena in Fort St. John on Wednesday after a meeting to explain their situation, many leaving with maps in their hands showing the fires’ locations, spreading out to hotels that have had to absorb thousands of unexpected guests.
Patel said many didn’t have money, identification or proper luggage, and the hotel, and many others in town, was full of evacuees.
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