prompt evacuations as hot, dry conditions persistEvacuation orders growPhoto: THE CANADIAN PRESS/Handout, BC Wildfire Service (Mandatory Credit Firefighting crews conduct ignition operations in response to the Fiftynine Creek wildfire northwest of Clinton, B.C., in this handout photo, on Tuesday, July 21, 2026. Emergency crews are facing hot and dry conditions as wildfires continue to spread across British Columbia. BC Wildfire Service says the Fiftynine Creek wildfire, which is burning out of control northwest of Clinton, B.C., has grown to more than 102 square kilometres and has triggered an evacuation order and alerts. 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. is under evacuation alert due to the nearby Bootleg Complex of wildfires, including a cluster of wildfires burning west of the city.