The BC Wildfire Service and Peace River Regional District issued two more evacuation orders pertaining to the Donnie Creek Wildfire near Fort Nelson and Fort St. John.
One of them is for areas east of Highway 97 North between Mile 192 and Mile 207 and extending east 20 km of the roadway.
In addition, several properties east of Highway 97 North between Sikanni Chief and Pink Mountain are also under an evacuation order.
Fire Information Officer Julia Caranci told Vista Radio the fire was fueled by a strong push of winds from the north yesterday (Sunday).
“It exhibited aggressive wildfire behaviour in some parts of the fire and grew to the south. As a result, the fire did take advantage of that northerly push in winds and receptive fuels and that did give it the momentum to move past a couple of previously-established trigger points.”
Donnie Creek is 405-thousand hectares in size, the second largest wildfire in BC’s history.
The Plateau wildfire in the Cariboo back in 2017 was the only wildfire that was bigger.
Twelve helicopters, 25 pieces of heavy equipment and 130 fire personnel are on site within the Donnie Creek Complex.
(With files by Brendan Pawliw-MyPGNow)
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