UPDATE 3:35 p.m. – Drivers tell Global News Highway 1 through Lytton is now open to single lane alternating traffic.
Highway 1 is closed in both directions due to a wildfire burning south of Lytton, according to DriveBC.
The closure is west of the Lytton North Access.
There is no estimate on when the highway might reopen.
Kamloops Fire Information Officer Rachel Witt says reports of the aggressive wildfire came in Thursday morning.
BC Wildfire is responding. Thirty-five fire personnel are on the ground while one helicopter, four tankers and two bird dogs are actioning it from the air.
The fire is estimated at four hectares, but because of it’s aggressive nature it is spreading quickly.
The BC Wildfire Service reports three fires lit near Lytton’s rail line are human caused.
The Kumsheen Fire is considered a Rank 3, which means there is some open flame and intermittent candling of trees.
The alternate route southbound is Highway 97 to Cache Creek, Highway 1 to Kamloops, then Highway 5 to the Coquihalla.
The alternate route northbound is Highway 5 to Kamloops, Highway 1 to Cache Creek to Highway 97.
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