Area restriction issued for Kiskatinaw: BC Wildfire Service

The B-C Wildfire Service says it has issued an area restriction around the Kiskatinaw (kiss-KAT'-in-aw) River wildfire
near the B-C-Alberta border.

The service says the restriction takes effect this morning and will last until October, restricting entry to a large swath of Crown land where the fire has spurred evacuation orders and alerts.

The wildfire service says the blaze is now more than 265-square kilometres in size, and the restriction bars people from entering unless they're travelling to and from home, using a highway or entering to support fire suppression activities.

It says those who violate the area restriction may be issued a ticket for a little more than 11-hundred dollars.