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Some Williams Lake residents told to be ready to leave due to wildfire

A wildfire that started Sunday evening near Williams Lake — a city of more than 10,000 in B.C.'s central Interior — has prompted officials to warn some residents to be ready to flee.Earlier on Sunday evening, the city told residents along Mackenzie Avenue to be ready to leave. Later, it expanded the alerts to include residents in the Country Club Boulevard, Fairview Drive, Tolko's Lakeview Mill, Woodland Drive and all Westridge properties. According to B.C. Wildfire Service, the wildfire was aro