The Ross Moore Lake wildfire continues to expand and is now just 10 kilometres south of Kamloops city limits as a major rain and windstorm blows through the city on the evening of July 24. At about 9 p.m., strong winds and heavy rain arrived in parts of the city, with the winds strong enough to toss patio furniture around. Weather radar shows rain falling in the vicinity of the fire and expected to continue to at least midnight. The lightning-caused wildfire, which was discovered on the afternoon of July 21, is now estimated at 2,600 hectares in size as July 24, up from a previous estimate of 1,800 hectares. …Kamloops Fire Centre fire information officer Shaelee Stearns said the fire remains burning out of control. …Meanwhile, two wildfires burning on either side of Adams Lake remain classified as out of control.

Additional coverage in CTV News by Regan Hasegawa: Evacuation order due to fast-growing Kamloops wildfire expands by hundreds