What you need to know about B.C. wildfires on Aug. 5
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The latest on the wildfires:
The Lytton First Nation has issued evacuation orders for 15 properties across four First Nations reserves north of the Stein Valley fire, as multiple out-of-control fires continue to burn across B.C.
In the order issued on Friday evening, residents of the Yawaucht 11, Tsaukan 12, Cameron Bar 13 and Lytton 13A reserves are being told to leave immediately.
They are being told to head north to Lillooet via Westside Road, or south to Lytton through the reaction ferry.
The Thompson-Nicola Regional District has also issued an evacuation order for two rural properties near the wildfire, which is burning about 15 kilometres away from Lytton on the west side of the Fraser River.
The Stein Mountain wildfire currently covers an area of 3.33 square kilometres, according to the B.C. Wildfire Service (BCWS).
"What we're seeing is not necessarily an aggressive fire behaviour, aggressive growth — but rather, burning material moving down slope and causing the fire to grow," said Aydan Coray, a fire information officer, on Saturday morning.
Coray says the fire was burning in steep, dry terrain that was proving a challenge for crews.
As of 10 a.m. Saturday, 180 fires were not responding to suppression efforts across the province.
Northeast of Kamloops, the Lower East Adams Lake wildfire nearly doubled in size overnight.
It now covers an area of 48.233 square kilometres, up from 25.27 square kilometres on Friday evening. Multiple evacuation orders are in place due to the fire, which is affecting a primarily recreational community north of Chase, B.C.
"Winds should increase later in the day, bringing gusty conditions that may see a localised increase in fire behaviour," reads an update from the BCWS on Saturday morning, which warns of hot and dry conditions.
Karley Desrosiers, a BCWS fire information officer, said Saturday that the increased growth came after crews were able to accurately map the fire's boundaries.
"[We're] predicting this kind of this cold front passage, potentially, on Sunday," she said. "Generally, with a cold front, the winds can shift very quickly.
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