The B.C. Wildfire Service is battling three wildfires across the province — two that have exploded in size over the course of an afternoon.
The Allie Lake fire, north of Kamloops, has grown to 800 hectares. It was around 60 hectares earlier in the day.
The blaze isn’t far from the perimeter of last summer’s Elephant Hill fire, which was one of the largest in the province during the season.
Crews and aircraft are responding to a ~50 hectare <a href=”https://twitter.com/hashtag/BCwildfire?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw”>#BCwildfire</a> about 55km northwest of <a href=”https://twitter.com/hashtag/Kamloops?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw”>#Kamloops</a>, near Deadman Vidette Road. The fire is near the perimeter of the 2017 Elephant Hill fire. Smoke is visible from
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