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Lytton residents were warned of an air quality advisory because of a fast-spreading wildfire that tripled in size overnight. The Cantilever Bar wildfire, located about 10 kilometres south of Lytton, is mapped at 4.6 square kilometres, up from 1.5 square kilometres on Tuesday. Evacuation alerts have been issued by the Thompson-Nicola Regional District, the Lytton First Nation, the Siska Indian Band and the Skuppah Indian Band. …evacuations are underway for about 400 properties due to a new wildfire burning between Peachland and West Kelowna. The fire has also forced the closure of stretches of highways 97 and 97C in the area. The B.C. Wildfire Service reported the blaze in the Kamloops Fire Centre on Wednesday. It is out of control and estimated at about 50,000 square metres, or roughly 10 football fields, in size. …Meantime, a smoky haze has settled over Metro Vancouver but Loney said that smoke is coming from south of the border rather than the Lytton blaze.

Related coverage in the Tyee by Tyler Olsen: Lytton Faces a New Fire. How a Past One Offers Some Defence