Crews work through night on B.C. wildfire as evacuation orders hold

PEMBERTON, BRITISH COLUMBIA, CANADA — Fire crews in the small bedroom community of Pemberton, B.C., worked through the night to battle a wind-whipped wildfire.

Emily Fardad with the BC Wildfire Service has said crews have made progress on the Signal Hill blaze and that winds are not blowing flames toward the town of 3,400 residents.

Fardad has said no structures are at risk, and officials don’t expect changes to the evacuation orders and alerts already in place, despite visible flames and smoke from the 38-hectare blaze.

Village officials this week issued an evacuation order for One Mile Lake Park, while other parts of the village and surrounding area were placed under evacuation alert.