Aggressive wildfire near Clinton forces expanded evacuation order, alert

An evacuation order and an alert were expanded on Thursday due to an aggressive wildfire near the Village of Clinton. There are now approximately 193 properties on evacuation order and 104 properties on evacuation alert due to the Fiftynine Creek wildfire in the Thompson Nicola Regional District.The Village of Clinton issued an evacuation alert for all properties within its boundaries on Wednesday night due to the fire, which was discovered last Friday and is burning northwest of town.At last update, the wildfire service says it’s more than 10,800 hectares.The fire has also prompted an expanded evacuation order around the Big Bar Lake and Meadow Lake areas.In addition to Clinton, the city of Kimberley in the East Kootenays remains on evacuation alert because of the Matthew Creek fire.

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