UPDATE: 6:10 a.m.
Highway 1 remains closed due to the growing Lower East Adams Lake wildfire. Drive BC says its roughly 18 kilometres of the major highway that is impacted.
The next update from the traffic management network is set for noon Saturday.
ORIGINAL
The Trans-Canada Highway is closed near Chase for 18 km due to the Lower East Adams Lake wildfire
The road is closed between Shuswap Avenue and Passchendaele Road.
Alternate routes are in effect via Highway 97, 97A or 97B.
An expanded evacuation order in the North Shuswap now includes Magna Bay.
Theissued the expanded order at 8:24 p.m. on Friday, Aug. 28. People in the area were advised to leave immediately.
Earlier in the evening, the Thompson Nicola Regional District (TNRD) issued an evacuation order for the Turtle Valley area east of Chase. The order includes approximately 135 properties in Electoral Area L.
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