Expanded Evacuation Orders Issued in BC Interior as Wildfire Rapidly Spreads

An aerial view of the Keremeos Creek wildfire near the Okanagan area in British Columbia on July 29, 2022. (Photo by BC Wildfire Service).

An evacuation order has been expanded in British Columbia after a wildfire near the province’s southern border has more than quadrupled in size since the weekend, says the BC Wildfire Service (BCWS).

The Keremeos Creek Wildfire, located about 20 kilometres southwest of Penticton, was burning a surface area of just over four kilometres on July 31, but has since grown dramatically to cover almost 28 kilometres on Aug. 2, the BCWS said in an update.