Some evacuation orders lifted as crews make progress tackling fires in B.C.'s northeast

Crews made progress tackling some of B.C.’s most concerning wildfires overnight, but evacuation orders remain in place in the province’s northeast near the Alberta border.

As of Sunday afternoon, four “fires of note” — those that are particularly visible or pose a danger to the public — are burning, all of which are in the Prince George Fire Centre in northern B.C.

Two of those — the Boundary Lake fire and Red Creek fire — are burning out of control near Fort St. John, and evacuation orders remain in place for the community of Goodlow and 61 properties closest to the Red Creek blaze.

An evacuation alert was also issued Saturday for

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