UPDATE: An out-of-control wildfire on Vancouver Island forced the temporary closure Tuesday of the only highway access to the western communities of Port Alberni, Tofino and Ucluelet.
The wildfire near Cameron Lake, approximately 20 kilometres east of Port Alberni, reached Highway 4 on Tuesday morning, forcing the B.C. Ministry of Transportation to close a seven-kilometre stretch of the highway just south of the lake.
The Cameron Bluffs wildfire has grown to 25 hectares, with eight firefighters and one helicopter attacking the blaze in the steep terrain, according to the B.C. Wildfire Service.
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