Wildfires burning around B.C. have prompted more evacuation orders and alerts, along with a local state of emergency.

The Fraser Valley Regional District declared a local state of emergency and an evacuation order for the Coquihalla Lakes Lodge and the Coquihalla Summit Snowmobile Club due to the Mine Creek wildfire.

It had already triggered an evacuation order and other alerts from the Thompson-Nicola Regional District for properties along the highway.

That wildfire remains mapped at 1,900 hectares and is still considered out of control.

The fire also forced the closure of the Coquihalla Highway between Hope and Merritt on Wednesday. The highway remains closed as of Friday morning.

Meanwhile, there is now only one route between the Lower Mainland and the Southern Interior due to a s

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