Spreading wildfires in British Columbia are triggering power outages nowhere near the flames.
BC Hydro says on its website that households across the province may be experiencing flickering lights, power interruptions, and power fluctuations.
The utility says this is due to wildfire activity near Clinton, B.C., and crews cannot access the site to make repairs to equipment.
Fires continue to spread across British Columbia, with the wildfire service saying the Fiftynine Creek fire that has triggered evacuation orders and alerts in and around Clinton has grown to more than 167 square kilometres.
The Thompson-Nicola Regional District in the southern Interior announced an overnight expansion of an evacuation order south of Clinton, due to the out-of-control Pear Lake fire that is also part of the Big Bar Complex of fires….