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Western Canada’s wildfire situation continues to cause widespread evacuations and alerts. Here’s the latest on the situation.

New evacuation orders and alerts issued for Kiskatinaw River as wildfire set to grow

The Peace River Regional District in northeast British Columbia has issued new evacuation orders and alerts for the Kiskatinaw River area as the wildfire threatens to grow in the coming days.

The district issued its third evacuation order and a fourth evacuation alert Tuesday night following a recommendation from the BC Wildfire Service.

The service said it expects aggressive and challenging fire behaviour with hot, dry and windy conditions.

Winds from the west are expected to reach over 50 kilometres per hour on Thursday and up to 60 kph by Friday, and will continue to drive the fire toward Kelly Lake and the Alberta border. 

The Peace River Regional District says most of the activity occurred on the south side of both the north and south fingers of the fire. It has reportedly spread across Highway 52 in some areas and residents are reminded that conditions may quickly change.

The number of active wildfires in B.C. ticked down below 70 on Tuesday, with more than half classified as burning out of control.

Wildfire-hit areas in Manitoba, Saskatchewan not expected to get much rain

Officials in Manitoba and Saskatchewan say areas affected by wildfires aren’t expected to see much relief in the weather forecast in the coming days.

More than 30,000 people in those provinces have been forced to leave their homes as wildfires threaten their communities.

Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe said Tuesday that there would be challenging days ahead due to a lack of rain in the forecast.

The Manitoba government said that while some rain was expected across the northern part of the province, it wouldn’t be enough to help wildfire suppression efforts in a significant way.

Meanwhile, officials in Alberta say that province is seeing “slightly improved conditions” after a week of extreme wildfire behaviour that involved evacuations.

They say cooler temperatures and high humidity have been helping the more than 1,000 firefighters battling wildfires across the province.

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