The Canadian Press 14/05/2024 More and more evacuation orders are being issued in northeastern British Columbia due to wildfires. The latest came late Monday night, when the Peace River Regional District issued an evacuation order affecting residents around Doig River 206. It’s a small community about 60 kilometres northeast of Fort St. John. The regional district says people should be grabbing what they needing and going to an evacuation centre in Fort St. John, where help is waiting. This comes as pressure to get residents affecting by wildfires in the area increases, so much so that in Fort Nelson, the mayor of the area says they’ve been calling holdouts directly. Forecasts called for winds late Monday into Tuesday to blow the Parker Lake wildfire toward Fort Nelson — a risk…
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