By The Canadian Press

More Cariboo residents affected by new evacuation order

Aug 11, 2017 | 6:58 AM

QUESNEL —   A new wildfire evacuation order is affecting nearly a thousand people in B-C’s Interior.

    Al Richmond, head of the Cariboo Regional District, says 900 people have been ordered to leave their homes thanks to a 60-square kilometre fire that is only 20 per cent contained.

    Richmond says the blaze is especially dangerous because it could hit a nearby highway and cut off people’s escape routes.

    There were 148 fire burning in the province as of Thursday. 

This is the area affected by the order issued last night:

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