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B.C. wildfires update: More evacuation orders issued in southern Interior

By The Canadian Press

 

The B.C. Wildfire Service is preparing for more lightning activity across much of the province’s Cariboo, Okanagan and southeast regions.

Two out-of-control wildfires in B.C.’s southern Interior have forced officials to issue evacuation orders for people at almost 100 properties.

The Thompson-Nicola Regional District said it expanded evacuation orders Sunday for residents and owners of 83 properties in a remote area north of Lytton, including recreational cabins at Turnip Lake, due to the continued growth of the Shetland Creek wildfire.
The regional district said in a statement Sunday the evacuation order was issued “due to immediate danger to life safety caused by the Shetland Creek Wildfire.”The Okanagan-Similkameen Regional District issued an evacuation order late Saturday for 16 properties in a rural area south of Princeton, because of the out-of-control Calcite Creek wildfire.

The properties are located near Highway 3 along the Pasayten Forest Service Road, about 40 kilometres south of Princeton, while evacuation alerts were issued for people at nearby properties at Eastgate and Placer Creek.

The province’s Wildfire Service reports eight fires of note in B.C.’s southern regions, including the Dogtooth wildfire south of Golden, which has destroyed 15 structures; the Dunn Creek wildfire located about 100 kilometres north of Kamloops; and the Sitkum Creek wildfire northeast of Vernon…

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