Two separate out\u002Dof\u002Dcontrol wildfires in British Columbia have forced officials to issue an alert for a number of communities in the province’s Cariboo region…
The BC Wildfire Service says the Dripping Water wildfire, originally discovered on Thursday afternoon, is the bigger of the two fires and has now grown to cover 150 hectares in an area about 600 kilometres north of Vancouver.Sign up to receive daily headline news from the Calgary Herald, a division of Postmedia Network Inc.By clicking on the sign up button you consent to receive the above newsletter from Postmedia Network Inc.
Meanwhile, the BC Wildfire Service says another blaze – discovered on Saturday morning near Pressy Lake, located about 445 kilometres northeast of Vancouver, has also reached “wildfire of note” status and is threatening 27 addressed properties. The blaze, dubbed the Lost Valley wildfire, now covers 113 hectares and has forced officials to issue an evacuation alert.
Residents affected by both wildfires have been told to prepare emergency transportation plans and accommodations and be ready to evacuate “on short notice” if the wildfires spread into populated areas.Crews are on-site at both locations trying to suppress the fires with both “heavy equipment and aerial resources.”
B.C. saw unseasonably warm weather in many locations this weekend, with places such as Victoria, Abbotsford, Hope and Squamish logging record-breaking temperatures on Friday.Share this article in your social network
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