Wildfire prompts evacuation order, state of emergency in central B.C.

Source: Amy Smart, The Canadian Press, May 12, 2019 

FRASER LAKE, B.C. — Fraser Lake Mayor Sarrah Storey was driving back from a soccer tournament out of town when she saw the skyline transformed by a wildfire creeping up a mountain on the edge of her central British Columbia community.

The blaze grew from four hectares Saturday morning to 260 hectares that night, prompting a local state of emergency and several evacuations for an area about 140 kilometres west of Prince George.

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Image Source: BC Wildfire Service

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