Pictures: Residents share apocalyptic B.C. wildfire photos as highway closures, evacuations ramp up
Firefighters gather near a white pick-up truck along the side of a road as smoke and flames fill the sky behind them in B.C. in this undated photo shared on the B.C. Transportation Twitter account (Twitter/@TranBC)
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Residents and workers in the B.C. Interior are sharing photos of the bright flames and dark, hazy skies they’re contending with as wildfires ravage parts of the province.
As of Monday, there are 266 wildfires burning in the province, which declared a state of emergency on July 21.
The Mount Law wildfire, sparked Sunday near West Kelowna, covered eight square kilometres by lunchtime Monday and forced evacuations in a large neighbourhood of the city.
A section of the high-traffic Coquihalla Highway between Merritt and Kamloops was also closed on Monday, blocking a key link in and out of B.C.’s Interior region until further notice.
The following is a collection of photos shared on Twitter of wildfires from across the Interior.
I took these at Knox mountain last night, looking across Okanagan lake#bcwildfires #kelowna @weathernetwork @CastanetNews pic.twitter.com/epQQsf4CUp
— FlavourCounty (@FlavourCounty) August 16, 2021
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— jadenmiles (@jadenmiles) August 16, 2021
4 o'clock in the afternoon and dark as night, west of Spallumcheen, BC.
Terrifying. @weathernetwork
#bcwildfires pic.twitter.com/StQHK3JNRR
View from West Kelowna #BCWildfire Thank you to @BCGovFireInfo for your hard work tonight and every-night. Please stay safe. It’s scary and eerie out there! pic.twitter.com/9X1tq5HSN6
— Louise (@snowyday15) August 16, 2021
Everyone is stopped outside #costco in #kamloops taking pictures of this horrific sight. Man…this just makes me scared. #BCWildfire pic.twitter.com/6mBgrplwmH
— Miss Sarah Dontmesswithme Sandholm (@sarah_sandholm) August 15, 2021
#BCWildfires are impacting travel in BC. Highway advisories listed here: https://t.co/hHsKHpoYfo
— BC Transportation (@TranBC) August 16, 2021
Evacuation info via @EmergencyInfoBC: https://t.co/INnBgRBa8z
Please avoid non-essential travel to/within impacted areas to avoid traffic congestion on evacuation routes. #BCWildfire pic.twitter.com/2ilRQfZAIj
It’s been bad for over 6 weeks… but this is by far the worst it has been. No photo filters. This is the air we are breathing. #Kamloops #bcwildfires @Kamscan pic.twitter.com/xbSFOcPtLI
— Terri H. (@BetterWithBruce) August 15, 2021
Today we welcomed a crew of 43 @BCGovFireInfo personnel from Whitehorse to assist with fire suppression. Welcome- thank you for coming! pic.twitter.com/SPyBMsUNzy
— Kamloops Airport (@KamloopsAirport) August 16, 2021
To help avoid traffic congestion on evacuation routes, we are urging people to stay away from BC Interior highways near #BCWildfires.
— BC Transportation (@TranBC) August 16, 2021
Limited visibility due to smoke is impacting many areas; here's what you need to know if you MUST travel in these areas: https://t.co/NC7PbtEzBd pic.twitter.com/G3y2feeT7I
PLEASE RETWEET (photo from #Coquihalla last night)
— BC Transportation (@TranBC) August 16, 2021
Prepare for highway closures due to #BCWildfires - we may have to take action with limited notice.
Avoid non-essential travel to/within impacted areas to avoid traffic congestion on evacuation routes: https://t.co/QKhf3bl9Cl pic.twitter.com/ZUyhpE2AXe
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