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Environment Canada has issued an air quality warning for parts of British Columbia’s Fraser Canyon, including Lytton, due to smoke coming from the Brunswick Creek Fire.
The fire continues to burn out of control north of the Boston Bar and grew rapidly over the weekend.
The fire is now estimated at 1,230 hectares and has prompted three evacuation orders and one evacuation warning.
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The British Columbia Forest Fire Service said the increase in cases over the weekend was caused by wind gusts reaching speeds of 50 kilometers per hour.
It forced the evacuation of 155 properties in the North Bend and Fish Blue Lake areas of the Fraser Valley Regional District, as well as the Boothroyd First Nation.
More than 250 facilities are on evacuation alert.
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The fire was discovered last Thursday.
Authorities believe the fire was caused by humans, but an investigation in the coming days will determine how it started.
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