Growing B.C. wildfire closes Highway 1, more evacuation alerts issued

By Wolfgang Depner A growing wildfire in British Columbia’s Fraser Canyon has forced further evacuation alerts and the closures of a stretch of the Trans-Canada Highway. The province’s transportation website, Drive BC, says the Brunswick Creek fire has forced the closure of Highway 1 between Boston Bar Station Road and Ainslie Road North. The closure comes after new figures from the BC Wildfire Service show that the fire burning near Boston Bar, B.C., has grown to 18-square kilometres as of Tuesday afternoon. The closure coincides with a new evacuation alert from the Fraser Valley Regional Dis…