Wildfires destroy buildings, force thousands to evacuate in central B.C.
100 MILE HOUSE, B.C. — Buildings have been lost and people were told to leave their homes as two fast-growing wildfires threatened communities Friday across central British Columbia.
Justine Hunse of the BC Wildfire Service said a blaze was burning across a seven-square-kilometre area outside Ashcroft, about 100 kilometres west of Kamloops.
“We have preformed a tactical evacuation in the area, which means that firefighters have gone door-to-door to evacuate folks at very short notice,” she said.
The fire was partly within the boundaries of the Ashcroft Indian Reserve and structures have been “impacted,” Hunse said. She could not confirm the extent of the damage.