B.C. wildfires remain active, evacuation order for nearly 400 properties on Vancouver Island | Unpublished
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Source Feed: The Globe and Mail
Author: Ashley Joannou
Publication Date: August 3, 2025 - 10:02

B.C. wildfires remain active, evacuation order for nearly 400 properties on Vancouver Island

August 3, 2025

Nearly 400 properties on Vancouver Island, as well as a provincial park, have been ordered evacuated due to a wildfire burning out of control.

The Regional District of Nanaimo expanded its evacuation order related to the fire burning on the north banks of Cameron Lake, about 60 kilometres from the City of Nanaimo.



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