Regional District of East Kootenay says first responders are conducting the evacuation in the vicinity of Saunders and Palmer roads in the unincorporated community
A wildfire has triggered a “tactical evacuation” in the community of Baynes Lake in southeast British Columbia .
The district doesn’t provide details of the fire, but the location matches a blaze that the BC Wildfire Service says is burning out of control nearby. Environment Canada had issued air-quality advisories for several districts, but by Monday afternoon, the warnings had been lifted in all but one area in central B.C.
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