Metro Plus News Massive wildfire moving closer to capital of Canada’s Northwest Territories

Massive wildfire moving closer to capital of Canada’s Northwest Territories

About 150 people are stranded in a guesthouse in a remote part of the Pacific Canadian province of British Columbia (B.C.) after their only way out was
cut off by a wildfire, CBC News reported on Wednesday.
The stranded people, including lodge guests and campers from nearby campgrounds, are sheltering at the Cathedral Lakes Lodge while waiting to be evacuated by provincial authorities, CBC News reported, citing one of the stranded guests.
Occupants at the lodge, located about 30 km (18.5 miles)southwest of the Keremeos village near the Canada-U.S. border in B.C., were asked to evacuate on Tuesday night due to a rapidly expanding forest fire.
But people were unable to leave due to the raging wildfire blocking the only access road connecting the lodge to a road leading to Keremeos, according to CBC News.