Image Credit: BC Wildfire Service

By James Peters

Fire Update

Whitecroft- and Ashcroft-area fires show growth Wednesday

Jul 14, 2021 | 11:33 AM

KAMLOOPS — There has been growth on a pair of fires within the Kamloops Fire Centre.

According to the B.C. Wildfire Service, the Embleton Mountain fire near Whitecroft is now measured at 516 hectares.

However, officials say it is burning away from Whitecroft, up slope toward the west. Whitecroft remains evacuated, while nearby Sun Peaks and Heffley Lake are under alerts.

Near Ashcroft, the Tremont Creek wildfire to the east is now estimated at 300 hectares.

The TNRD has put an evacuation alert in place for 50 properties near that fire.

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