Nearly 400 properties on Vancouver Island, as well as a provincial park, have been ordered evacuated due to a wildfire burning out of control. The Regional District of Nanaimo expanded its evacuation order related to the fire burning on the north banks of Cameron Lake, about 60 kilometres from the City of Nanaimo.

Nearly 400 properties and a provincial park on Vancouver Island have been placed under an evacuation order due to a wildfire burning out of control.

Update: Evacuation order and alert areas were extended again Saturday afternoon as the Wesley Ridge wildfire grew to 389 hectares. Parts of electoral areas F, G and H of the Regional District of Nanaimo, including the Little Qualicum Falls Provincial Park, were ordered to evacuate.