A growing cluster of out-of-control wildfires in the British Columbia Interior has forced officials to place residents in the area under an evacuation alert.
The Regional District of Bulkley-Nechako says people in a remote area about 80 kilometres south of Burns Lake, B.C., should be prepared to leave on short notice.
The BC Wildfire Service says fire behaviour at the nearby Ootsa Lake complex including the Sabina Lake blaze has shown increased behaviour and remains out-of-control.
The service says on social media that the Sabina Lake wildfire has breached containment lines to the east and is burning towards Ootsa Lake.
The fire has reached 411 square kilometres in size since first being discovered on July 19.
There are currently about 215 active wildfires burning in the province, and the BC Wildfire Service says many fires are now in the “mop-up stage” as fall approaches.
But it says a spate of …