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  VANCOUVER An area of B.C. s District of Sicamous is under evacuation order as of Tuesday afternoon as officials monitor the nearby Two Mile Creek wildfire. The order issued by the Columbia Shuswap Regional District at the Shuswap Emergency Program s Emergency Operations Centre at around 2 p.m. applies to an area near the boundary of the district and Electoral Area E. The latest from the BC Wildfire Service suggests the fire is about 10 hectares, and classified as out of control. As it is burning near Highway 97A, drivers are advised to monitor DriveBC.ca for possible closures. No addresses have been given, but the area is described as south of the terminus of Sherlock Road, southeast of Cook Avenue, Gillis Avenue, Larch Avenue, east of Sicamous Narrows and Mara Lake, and north of Sicamous Creek.

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