Wildfires in B.C. prompt evacuations as hot, dry conditions persist
Emergency crews are facing hot and dry conditions as wildfires continue to spread across British Columbia. Get daily National news Get daily Canada news delivered to your inbox so you'll never miss the day's top stories. The RCMP in the Fraser River Regional District say people are urged to comply with all evacuation orders and alerts issued by local authorities in the Boston Bar area, about 200 kilometres northeast of Vancouver.
- ▪Emergency crews are facing hot and dry conditions as wildfires continue to spread across British Columbia.
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- ▪The RCMP in the Fraser River Regional District say people are urged to comply with all evacuation orders and alerts issued by local authorities in the Boston Bar area, about 200 kilometres northeast of Vancouver.
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- ▪ Crews battle wildfires across B.C. amid hot, dry weather — The Globe and Mail
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Emergency crews are facing hot and dry conditions as wildfires continue to spread across British Columbia. BC Wildfire Service says the Fiftynine Creek wildfire, which is burning out of control northwest of Clinton, B.C., has grown to more than 102 square kilometres and has triggered an evacuation order and alerts.The Thompson-Nicola Regional District in the southern Interior announced an overnight expansion of an evacuation order south of Clinton, due to the out-of-control Pear Lake fire.Earlier, Kevin Skrepnek, the district’s manager of community and emergency services, said structures on about 20 properties in the region were “impacted” by the fires, with the damage ranging from melted siding to a complete burn-down.
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