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Officials provide update on Mount Underwood fire near Port Alberni, B.C.

Officials provide update on Mount Underwood fire near Port Alberni, B.C.

CBC5 days ago
Fire information officer Karley Desrosiers with the B.C. Wildfire Service is providing an update on the rapidly growing blaze near Port Alberni in central Vancouver Island.

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