Hudson's Hope

Hudson's Hope residents were ordered to evacuate town Wednesday afternoon as a wildfire southwest of town burned out of control. The order came after an alert earlier in the day for residents to be ready to leave the area at a moment's notice.

The eerie twilight gleam and layer of ash many residents have found on their vehicles are a result of a wildfire burning just southwest of Hudson's Hope, at Mount McAllister.

Hudson's Hope residents were ordered to evacuate Wednesday afternoon as a wildfire southwest of town burned out of control. The order came after an alert was issued earlier in the day for residents to be ready to leave the area at a moment's notice.

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Highway 29 to Hudson's Hope is closed due to a vehicle fire, Fort St. John RCMP say. In a release, RCMP said the truck and trailer is fully engulfed in flames on the highway, about 30 kilometres east of the Highway 97 junction.

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