Evacuation orders and alerts remained in place Saturday due to wildfires in B.C., with thunderstorms forecast for the regions most affected by blazes.
A special weather statement and smoky skies bulletin warning of wildfire smoke — and the elevated health risks associated with it — are in place for the eastern half of the province.
It covers the Peace River region in northeast B.C., where all four “wildfires of note” — those that pose a threat to public safety or are particularly visible — are burning out of control.
One of them, the Donnie Creek fire — burning over an area of 1,182 square kilometres southeast of Fort Nelson — led to new evacuation
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