Wildfires near Lytton, B.C., prompt evacuation orders, state of local emergency

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The B.C. Wildfire Service says the Nikaia fire, one of two blazes burning near Lytton in the Fraser Canyon, is now being held at 5.7 hectares and is unlikely to grow further. A second fire north of Lytton is spread across 100 hectares and is out of control. There are about 80 active fires in BC, mostly in the northeast. CBC’s Shaurya Kshatri reports.