By Doug Collins/The Canadian Press

More evacuation alerts and orders in the Central Interior

Aug 7, 2018 | 7:04 AM

KAMLOOPS —  More evacuation alerts and orders went into effect between Sunday night and yesterday afternoon in northwestern B.C. after a lightning storm ignited hundreds of new fires across the province last week.

     Board Chair Bill Miller of the Regional District of Bulkley-Nechako says the intense storm sparked up blazes near Purvis, Nadina, and Island lakes, the prompting evacuation orders.

     The BC Wildfire Service says they believe most of the lightning in the province has passed for now but are still dealing with the after effects, which have stretched their resources thin.

     Kyla Fraser with the B-C wildfire service says the out-of-province crews requested last week arrived in B-C yesterday night and will be directed to the highest priroity fires.

    Much of the smoke hitting Kamloops today comes from a variety of sources. The Monte Lake fire is being held at 114 hectares, but is still providing some smoke to surrounding areas. 

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    There’s a very small fire in the Lac Du Bois grasslands on Opax Hill. 

    But most of the smoke is believed to be coming up from the Keremeos-Cawston area, the Okanagan and south of the border.