More than 200 properties in the B.C. Interior resort community of Apex Mountain Village have been ordered to evacuate as firefighters continue to battle a wildfire in the area.
The Regional District of Okanagan-Similkameen issued an evacuation order for the area on Monday morning because of the Keremeos Creek wildfire to the southwest of Penticton, B.C., in the province’s southern Interior. Dozens of other properties in Apex Mountain are on evacuation alert as well.
The ski resort has been using its snowmaking machines to blast mist at buildings in an attempt to protect them from the blaze.
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The fire, which was discovered on Friday, was
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