A Vancouver Island wildfire continues to grow out of control Wednesday.

The Mount Underwood fire is now 16.18 square kilometres (1,618 hectares), located more than 10 kilometres south of Port Alberni, B.C., a small city home to about 19,000 people.

More than 500 properties in the Bamfield and Anacla areas are still without power due to the fire, according to B.C. Hydro's outage list . Those properties haven't had power since around 6 p.m. PT Monday.

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The Alberni-Clayoquot Regional District (ACRD) has said the power is expected to be out for longer than 72 hours.

Evacuation orders have been issued by the ACRD and Cowichan Valley Regional District for a mix of commercial, industrial and recreational proper

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