Global News BC: B.C. wildfires: Regional District, BC Wildfire to provide update on Bush Creek wildfire https://globalnews.ca/news/9922664/b-c-wildfires-regional-district-bc-wildfire-update-bush-creek-wildfire/ #globalnews #britishcolumbia #news #BCwildfires #livestream #Structures #BushCreek #Columbia #Wildfire #Shuswap #Update #Fire

#Shuswap wildfires continue to grow, but calmer winds reduce fire activity - Revelstoke Review https://www.revelstokereview.com/news/shuswap-wildfires-continue-to-grow-but-calmer-winds-reduce-fire-activity/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter “The 10,000-hectare Lower East #AdamsLake wildfire has combined with the #BushCreek East wildfire, and more fire growth is expected in the coming days.

winds are expected to top out around 15 to 20 km/h Saturday, making for much more manageable conditions than yesterday, when winds hit 60 to 70 km/h in some areas.” #BCWildfire

Homes and buildings destroyed, more evacuation orders expected in #Shuswap-area wildfires | CBC News https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/shuswap-wildfire-evacuations-august-19-1.6941630 “Northerly winds blew the Lower East #AdamsLake wildfire into #ScotchCreek and as far east as #Celista on the north shore of Shuswap Lake overnight,

Also overnight, the #BushCreek East fire, burning west of Adams Lake, burned into the Skwlax te Secwepemculecw community of #Squilax and across Highway 1 between #Chase and #Sorrento, and began to climb Squilax Mountain”

#Wildfire near #Shuswap Lake runs 20 km in 12 hours, new order issued Saturday afternoon | Globalnews.ca https://globalnews.ca/news/9907452/wildfire-shuswap-lake-order-issued/ “#BCWS’s Cliff Chapman said the two fires in the area, the Lower East #AdamsLake and #BushCreek East wildfires, are being treated as one — a massive 13,000-hectare fire.

Chapman said the fire took a run of more than 20 km in 12 hours on Friday — something that is unheard of in B.C. wildfire activity.”

Global News BC: 181 fires in Kamloops Fire Centre to date; Bush Creek remains largest in region https://globalnews.ca/news/9837417/wildfire-update-kamloops-fire-centre-july-17/ #globalnews #britishcolumbia #news #BCWildfireInformationOfficerTaylorWallace #KamloopsFireCentre #BCWildfireService #TaylorWallace #BCwildfires #BushCreek #Lillooet #Lytton #Chase #Fire