Wildfire forces oil, gas workers from B.C. camps

TUMBLER RIDGE, B.C. — A growing wildfire southeast of Tumbler Ridge, and concerns about its “immediate danger to life and safety,” has forced the Peace River Regional District to issue an evacuation order affecting about 200 workers in camps in the oil and gas field areas of Ojay, Grizzly South and Red Deer Creek.

Jillian Kelsh of B.C.’s Wildfire Management Branch said the fire is about 650 hectares in size, 61 kilometres southeast of Tumbler Ridge and 27 kilometres from the Alberta boundary, but it isn’t expected to reach any communities.