Officials in British Columbia's Cariboo region has issued an evacuation alert for a handful of properties as a fire burns out of control early in the province's wildfire season. A helicopter refills a bucket of water at Cameron Lake off Highway 4 where the Wesley Ridge wildfire continues to burn out-of-control near Coombs, B.C., on Sunday, August 3, 2025. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Chad Hipolito
10 properties under evacuation alert due to nearby wildfire in B.C.
Apr 24, 2026 | 9:19 AM
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WILLIAMS LAKE — An evacuation alert has been issued in British Columbia’s Cariboo region for a handful of properties as a wildfire burns out of control at the start of the province’s wildfire season.
The Xeni Gwet’in First Nation, the Tsilhqot’in national government, and the Cariboo Regional District issued the alert late Thursday covering 10 properties at risk from the Konni Lake wildfire burning out of control about 200 kilometres southwest of Williams Lake.
The alert, which warns residents to prepare to leave on short notice, covers approximately 465 hectares of land
Wildfire BC’s website says the Konni Lake wildfire was last measured at 215 hectares and is considered a “moderately vigorous surface fire.”
