B.C. wildfire: Road closure, evacuation order as 2 fires flank Highway 6 in Slocan Valley  

Separated by a road that runs betwixt them, 2 wildfires are burning adjacent to each different successful B.C.’s West Kootenay region.

The Aylwin Creek and Komonko Creek wildfires are separated by little than 2 km arsenic they some pain connected nan eastbound broadside of Slocan Lake.

Highway 6 besides runs betwixt nan 2 fires, which are located 5 km southbound of Silverton and 10 km from New Denver.

And early Saturday, nan road was closed southbound of Silverton. Detours are disposable via highways 31A, 31 and 3.

The Aylwin Creek fire, burning on nan shores and hills of Slocan Lake, was sized astatine 121 hectares arsenic of Saturday morning.

Meanwhile, nan Komonko Creek, located conscionable eastbound of nan Aylwin Creek blaze, was sized astatine 534 hectares, up from 450 hectares earlier Saturday morning.

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The Central Kootenay location territory issued an evacuation order for galore addresses and an evacuation alert for 14 properties for nan Aylwin Creek blaze.

The 2 fires are some listed arsenic retired of control, pinch some having suspected causes of lightning.

To compound matters, a 3rd wildfire is burning connected nan westbound broadside of Slocan Lake, and crossed nan waters from Silverton.

The Nemo Creek occurrence is sized astatine 823 hectares and has spawned an removal order arsenic well.

The BC Wildfire Service says owed to prolonged barren conditions, pinch thunderstorms passing done nan area, “residents tin expect to proceed to spot accrued wide wildfire activity crossed nan region.”