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Crews withdraw from Cranbrook-area wildfire

Sept. 8, 2017, Cranbrook, B.C. – The BC Wildfire Service says the unprecedented, aggressive behaviour of three blazes in southeastern British Columbia has forced firefighting crews to withdraw from the area. Fire information officer Karlie Shaughnessy says a grouping of three smaller fires in the Flathead area east of Cranbrook is not threatening any homes […]

B.C. officials may close evacuation centre

Sept. 7, 2017, Kamloops, B.C. – Social services officials in British Columbia’s southern Interior hope at least one large centre for wildfire evacuees can be closed this weekend, despite warnings that the wildfire season in the province isn’t over. The Thompson-Nicola Regional District plans to begin winding down services that include emergency accommodation at a […]