Progress is being reported on the wildfires burning in the Cariboo SHARE ON: The Purdy Lake wildfire, south of Batnuni Lake, is now up 900 hectares in size. Jessica Mack, a Fire Information Officer with the BC Wildfire Service, confirms that due to windier conditions that fire has been active, but she says it is burning away from the area on evacuation alert. “It is moving in a more southerly direction and that is going into the Kluskoil Lake Park, and BC Parks has been engaged regarding suppression efforts in there. We have 27 firefighters and 9 pieces of heavy equipment that are working to suppress that fire right now.”