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Flat Lake fire grows again, progress made with other Cariboo fires SHARE ON: BC Wildfire Service, July 17 The Flat Lake Wildfire is continuing to grow, as the BC Wildfire service says increased fire activity continued throughout the day. The fire has grown to an estimated 14-thousand hectares in size, up from 10-thousand yesterday. The Flat Lake to Green Lake area remains under an Evacuation Order because of this fire, and the District of 100 Mile House, Flat Lake North, and the Horse Lake-Sheridan Lake areas remain on Evacuation Alert. Highway 97 remains under a ‘travel advisory’ due to...

Flat Lake wildfire moving towards Highway 97 SHARE ON: Highway 97 remains open for now, but the Flat Lake wildfire is moving in that direction. Fire Information Officer Erin Bull has the latest on that fire that is burning southwest of 100 Mile House. “The Flat Lake wildfire has grown.  It’s estimated to be about 10,000 hectares at this time.  Fire growth has been primarily in the southeast direction.  Today, we do have helicopters bucketing that area of the fire.” Bull says the fire is still a few kilometres away from the Highway, but she says more growth is expected today. In addit...

B.C. wildfires force more evacuation near Ashcroft and Kelowna Last Updated Jul 15, 2021 at 10:42 am PDT FILE -- The Brenda Creek wildfire is burning south of Highway 97C in the Okanagan. (Courtesy: BC Wildfire Service) Summary People near Ashcroft and Kelowna were forced to flee late Wednesday night due to fires An air quality advisory remains in place for most of the B.C. Interior due to the wildfire smoke ASHCROFT (NEWS 1130) — More communities are being ordered to evacuate or prepare to due to ongoing wildfires. There are around 300 fires burning in B.C., and recent hot and dry conditio...

Wildfires have scorched more than 1 million acres across 12 states CNN 10 hrs ago By Aya Elamroussi and Joe Sutton, CNN © Nathan Howard/AP Firefighter Garrett Suza, with the Chiloquin Forest Service, mops up a hot spot on the North East side of the Bootleg Fire on Wednesday. The Oregon National Guard was deployed Wednesday to help fight the massive Bootleg Fire -- the country's largest wildfire -- which has already charred more than 220,000 acres. The fire, which has scorched 227,234 acres in the Fremont-Winema National Forest in the state's southwestern area, began July...

Small portion of Flat Lake to Green Lake North Evacuation Order downgraded to Alert SHARE ON: Cariboo Regional District Horse Lake Sheridan Lake Expansion, July 15, 2021 The Cariboo Regional District Emergency Operations Centre (EOC) is downgrading a small portion of the Flat Lake to Green Lake North Evacuation Order to an Evacuation Alert. The EOC is adding the small area along the north side of Watch Lake Road to the Horse Lake – Sheridan Lake Evacuation Alert area. Residents in the Watch Lake Area will be allowed to travel to and from their residences effective immediately. Since the ar...