Wildfire Prompts BC Regional District to Place 85 Properties on Evacuation Alert

Wildfire Prompts BC Regional District to Place 85 Properties on Evacuation Alert
The Lower East Adams Lake wildfire in B.C.'s Shuswap region is shown in a handout photo. The Canadian Press/HO-BC Wildfire Service
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Dozens more properties in the B.C. Interior have been placed on evacuation alert as the Bush Creek East wildfire near Adams Lake fills the air with thick smoke.

The Thompson-Nicola Regional District says it expanded the evacuation alert to 85 addressed properties Monday, also closing a boat launch to keep recreational boaters off the water to allow aircraft to work unimpeded as blazes burn on both sides of the lake.