B.C.’s wildfire season has begun with one community under an evacuation order and others under evacuation alerts. About 100 residents of Kelly Lake, northeast of Prince George near the Alberta border, have been ordered to evacuate. The out-of-control Kiskatinaw River wildfire is now within one kilometre of the town and covers nearly 12,000 hectares. According to the BC Wildfire Service and Alberta Wildfire, the fire advanced rapidly on Thursday towards Alberta, where the County of Grande Prairie issued an evacuation order for a rural area, and an alert to be ready to flee for the region surrounding it. As Aaron McArthur reports, high temperatures and strong winds have sparked evacuation orders in two regions. For more info, please go to https://globalnews.ca/news/11216411/aggressive-wildfire-bc-alberta-border-danger Subscribe to Global News Channel HERE: http://bit.ly/20fcXDc Like Global News on Facebook HERE: http://bit.ly/255GMJQ Follow Global News on X HERE: http://bit.ly/1Toz8mt Follow Global News on Instagram HERE: https://bit.ly/2QZaZIB #GlobalNews #wildfires #fire #bc #heat #alberta #kellylake #bcwildfires

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