Adams Lake Wildfire Flares as Wind, Harsh Terrain Challenge BC on Multiple Fronts

The BC Wildfire Service continues to respond to the Ross Moore Lake wildfire located approximately 13 kilometres south of Kamloops, British Columbia is shown in this handout image provided by the BC Wildfire Service. The Canadian Press/HO-BC Wildfire Service

The latest British Columbia wildfire to threaten properties is in the Shuswap region east of Kamloops, where evacuation orders and alerts have been upgraded as the Lower East Adams Lake blaze flares.

Residents of nearly 100 properties were ordered out late Wednesday by the Columbia Shuswap Regional District, while an evacuation alert was posted for 75 more properties in the area roughly 21 kilometres north of Chase, B.C.