Barbara Roden, mayor of Ashcroft, BC, says the area’s long-term care residents have been moved out as a fast-moving wildfire looms nearby. Ashcroft is about 360 kilometres northeast of Vancouver. Roden said Saturday that the community remains under an alert to be ready to evacuate on short notice. Roden said the anxiety among residents is “settling down a little bit” as the nearby Shetland Creek wildfire appeared to push northward Saturday. …Roden’s comments came as the Thompson-Nicola Regional District confirmed Venables Valley — just a few kilometres southwest of Ashcroft — has seen a number of structures destroyed by the Shetland Creek fire as of Saturday. …Meanwhile, the number of wildfires in British Columbia has flared up to more than 300, with more than half of those classified as out of control and about 70 started in the last 24 hours. The B.C. Wildfire Service said one of the primary drivers in the latest spike has been lightning.