More Evacuations Ordered in B.C. as Wildfires Flare, Fanned by Strong Winds

Helicopters fly past the Tremont Creek wildfire as it burns on the mountains above Ashcroft, B.C., on July 16, 2021. The Canadian Press/Darryl Dyck

Residents in more areas of British Columbia have been forced from their homes indefinitely, this time by wildfires whipped up by strong winds in the southeastern part of the province.

The Regional District of Central Kootenay has ordered more than 170 properties evacuated along a 10-kilometre strip of the Slocan River north of Appledale, near the western flank of the two-week-old Trozzo wildfire.