Highway 20 in B.C.'s Cariboo region has reopened to traffic after being closed overnight due to the Beef Trail Creek wildfire, but the Coquihalla Highway remains shut between Merritt and Hope as a wildfire there burns out of control.

In an update Thursday morning, DriveBC said Highway 20 west of Anahim Lake is now open to traffic, but warned that "dynamic wildfire activity in the area" could prompt further closures without notice.

The road is a vital link to Bella Coola and communities along the Central Coast.

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The Beef Trail Creek fire, measured at an estimated 78 square kilometres as of Thursday morning, prompted an evacuation order earlier this week for 150 parcels of land and several Ulkatcho First Nation reserves. Evacuatio

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