Wildfire Service is raising some concerns about the people who are choosing to stay behind in an evacuation order zone.The Service told Global News it is an issue around the province but they have had a few incidents recently in relation to the Sparks Lake wildfire, burning north of Kamloops Lake.This wildfire is huge.
It remains the biggest in the province and is currently bigger than the size of Gabriola Island, at more than 58 square kilometres.The Thompson Nicola Regional District confirmed Tuesday this fire has prompted the evacuation order of 295 addresses and the evacuation alert of 394 addresses.
B.C. wildfire map 2021: Location and size of the fires burning around the province Rob Schweitzer, the director of Fire Centre.