Coquihalla Highway Sunday night.She was making her way from Kamloops to the Lower Mainland around 7 p.m. and drove right through the July Mountain wildfire.The highway, a major route in the province, was shut down in both directions shortly after Adamson made it through.“I guess the Coquihalla is known as the highway through hell and that’s exactly what it was last night,” she told Global News Monday.
Wildfire forces closure of B.C.’s Coquihalla Highway between Hope and Merritt Adamson said she could see in the distance that there was a fire when she started travelling on the highway but around Larson Hill, she said the skies were red and flames could be seen right beside the highway.“I could feel the whoosh, I could hear it.