B.C. wildfire fight reaches Metro Vancouver as Anmore blaze prompts evacuation alerts
More than 2,600 people were forced out as the Quilpituk Creek fire expanded, while a few dozen properties in Anmore were placed under alert.
- Emergency officials issued new evacuation orders for more than 2,600 residents on Thursday as the out-of-control Quilpituk Creek fire expanded near Okanagan Lake, while a separate blaze prompted evacuation alerts for properties near Anmore on Wednesday.
- Destruction from earlier fires includes the Bradley Creek blaze, which incinerated at least 230 homes west of Vernon on Saturday, and the Pear Lake fire, which destroyed about 120 properties while expanding to span more than 1,260 square kilometres.
- Resident Reilly Hogarth said "there was very little we could do" to save homes near Bradley Creek, while Metro Vancouver incident commander Brant Arnold-Smith confirmed a 1.5-hectare Belcarra Regional Park blaze was likely human-caused.
- Residents in and around Boston Bar began returning home on Wednesday, though Fraser Valley Regional District board chair Patricia Ross noted lingering boil-water advisories and restricted routes on Highway 1 and Highway 8.
- The Brunswick Creek and Ainslie Creek wildfires continue to burn out of control, spanning more than 480 square kilometres and forcing officials to maintain evacuation readiness as threat levels remain elevated across the Interior.
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Evacuations expand south on Okanagan Lake, as more Mexican fire crews arrive in BC
The wildfire evacuation zone along the shores of Okanagan Lake in British Columbia's Interior expanded south on Thursday, with emergency crews guiding people away from a complex of blazes in the area where hundreds of homes were destroyed last weekend.
Forest fire near Vancouver forces authorities to issue evacuation warningA wildfire has broken out near Vancouver, causing 35 homes in suburban Anmore to receive evacuation warnings. Fire almost localized, international rescuers arrived to fight.
Evacuations expand south on Okanagan Lake, as more Mexican fire crews arrive in B.C.
The wildfire evacuation zone along the shores of Okanagan Lake in British Columbia's Interior expanded south on Thursday, with emergency crews guiding people away from a complex of blazes in the area where hundreds of homes were destroyed last weeken
The Toronto Star
B.C. wildfire fight reaches Metro Vancouver as Anmore blaze prompts evacuation alerts
A separate wildfire burning south of the blaze on British Columbia's Okanagan Lake that destroyed hundreds of homes last weekend has prompted an upgraded evacuation order.
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