Evacuation order issued for Hudson’s Hope as Mount McAllister fire grows http://t.co/2jRoluOBmf – pic.twitter.com/juL3F8fz42
— Global BC (@GlobalBC) July 16, 2014
The entire town of Hudson’s Hope in northeastern British Columbia has been emptied as the nearby Mount McAllister fire spreads out of control.
The wildfire was ignited by lightning on Sunday, and had grown to more than 20,000 hectares (more than 49,000 acres) by Thursday.
Local officials went door-to-door through the town, urging the town’s 1,150 residents to evacuate, The Huffington Post reported.
The Mount McAllister fire is one of more than 100 wildfires currently raging in British Columbia, where tinder-dry conditions have fueled one of the worst fire seasons the province has seen in a decade.
