There are 18,000 properties are under an evacuation alert, and anyone in those areas is urged to be ready. That includes reaching out to friends and family to have a place to go, if they are ordered to leave.
There are 18 emergency centres set up, but Emergency Management BC says they are working to add more.
Due to the strong winds in the area, crews working on the Tremont Creek (K21849) wildfire have had to pull back multiple times over the last few days for safety purposes. #AshcroftBC#BCWildfirepic.twitter.com/rE55wwHWSX
Dawn Roberts, spokesperson with the BC RCMP, says there will be more RCMP members assisting with evacuations in the central Interior and the Okanagan in the coming days.