Two regional districts have issued evacuation orders in a sparsely populated part of northern B.C. due to the Donnie Creek fire, one of the largest fires that remains burning out of control in the province.
The Donnie Creek blaze, burning southeast of Fort Nelson, covers an area of nearly 1,360 square kilometres (136,000 hectares) as of Sunday afternoon.
In a statement, the Peace River Regional District says the order — which had been dialed down to an alert a few weeks ago due to improving weather conditions in the area — had been put back in place due to new recommendations from the B.C. Wildfire Service (BCWFS).
The Northern Rockies Regional Municipality has also issued evacuation
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