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Diana Jewan was celebrating her grandson’s birthday on Saturday as ash fell from an eerie, orange sky.  The Battleship Mountain wildfire, ignited about 50 kilometres west of Hudson’s Hope, B.C., was drawing near.  Shortly after the party, an evacuation order was issued, forcing hundreds of residents to leave the area …

Atco Electric is working to add another generator to further support electricity going to Jasper, Alta., while firefighters continue battling intense wildfire conditions Sunday. More extreme wildfire conditions were expected this weekend due to forecasted dry, hot and windy weather. The north end of the Chetamon Mountain wildfire, in Jasper National Park, …

Officials continue work to restore power to many residents and businesses in Jasper, Alta., as a wildfire continues to burn just north of the town. The wildfire on Chetamon Mountain in Jasper National Park is now estimated to cover an area of 6,150 hectares, Parks Canada said Tuesday morning.  The fire, which …

Emergency officials have ordered all residents to evacuate from the B.C. community of Olalla, about 40 kilometres southwest of Penticton, due to the Keremeos Creek wildfire. The unincorporated town, with a population of more than 400, was put under full evacuation orders Thursday afternoon, affecting roughly 200 properties, around 5 p.m. …

Evacuation orders have now been issued for 324 properties in B.C.’s southern Interior following major growth of the Keremeos Creek wildfire over the last day. As of Monday at 2:30 p.m. PT, the fire to the southwest of Penticton was estimated at 22.6 square kilometres in size, more than five …

Crews battling the largest wildfire so far this year in California braced for thunderstorms and hot, windy conditions that created the potential for additional fire growth Sunday as they sought to protect remote communities. The McKinney Fire was burning out of control in Northern California’s Klamath National Forest, with expected …

A destructive wildfire near Yosemite National Park in central California burned out of control through tinder-dry forest on Sunday and had grown into one of the state’s biggest blazes of the year, forcing thousands of residents to flee remote mountain communities. Some 2,000 firefighters battled the Oak Fire, along with aircraft …

London: UK Health Secretary Matt Hancock warned that the coronavirus variant first detected in India can “spread like wildfire” among those who haven’t received a vaccine against the disease. The variant is “becoming the dominant strain in some parts of the country” such as Bolton and Blackburn, Xinhua news agency …