The Regional District of Kootenay Boundary has declared a state of local emergency amid evacuations from the fast-moving Goosmus Wildfire that crossed the border late on Sept. 25.
The district issued evacuation orders for 156 properties which are home to about 359 people, but as of 8 p.m., those orders were reduced to evacuation alerts at the advice of the BC Wildfire Service.
An additional 567 properties and 1190 people are also on alert, which means they are advised to be ready to leave at a moments notice.
The full list of properties on evacuation alert can be found on the RDKB emergency operations portal:
The Goosmus Wildfire has already grown past 400 estimated hectares according to the BC Wildfire Service.
The fire sparked earlier on Sept. 25 south of the U.S.-Canada border.
