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08-21-2003, 01:10 PM
The B.C. government issued its most restrictive travel advisory ever Wednesday as a monster wildfire near Kelowna grew fivefold in a day. The voluntary restriction, which warns travellers to stay out of the tinder-dry backcountry, stretches from Prince George in the north, 550 kilometres south to the U.S. border and from Vancouver Island to Alberta, about 700 kilometres. "If we do find that we're getting more human-caused fires out there, then we will start shutting down different parts of the province," said government spokesman Rick Clevette.
Source: Calgary Herald... (http://www.firehall.com/cgi-bin/refer?url=http://www.canada.com/search/story.aspx?id=9b777b33-7d43-48d3-8ab2-3ec449d14ca7&s=20353324.2297457&linkid=138&parent=news)
Source: Calgary Herald... (http://www.firehall.com/cgi-bin/refer?url=http://www.canada.com/search/story.aspx?id=9b777b33-7d43-48d3-8ab2-3ec449d14ca7&s=20353324.2297457&linkid=138&parent=news)