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Trans-Canada Highway Reopens As Crews Battle Blaze Near Lytton, B.C.

Darpan News Desk IANS, 01 Jul, 2016 01:42 PM
    LYTTON, B.C. — The Trans-Canada Highway has reopened as crews battle a wildfire in British Columbia's southern Interior.
     
    DriveBC is warning drivers to expect delays as both lanes have now reopened between Hope and Cache Creek.
     
    The BC Wildfire Service says a seven-hectare blaze is burning about four kilometres south of Lytton.
     
    Fire information officer Erin Catherall says 35 firefighters and a helicopter are on site and are making good progress.
     
    She says the fire has been 100 per cent contained.
     
    Traffic had been blocked in both directions earlier Thursday.

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