Evacuation alert issued for Cecil Lake residents

An evacuation alert has been issued for Cecil Lake, northeast of Fort St. John, in the Peace River Region.

This comes as a pair of wildfires, both smaller than a square kilometer, burn south of Cecil Lake Road.

The Peace River Regional District says the alert was issued because of the “potential danger to life and health.”

As of 5 p.m. Sunday night, the alert covers the Goodlow area of Cecil Lake:

• 244 Road from the Alces River west to 223 Road
• 223 Road between 244 Road and Cecil Lake Road
• 221 Road between Cecil Lake Road and just north of the 252 Road
• 221 Road off of the 224 Road
• 250 Road and 252 Road off of 221 Road
• 217 Road between 244 Road and just north of the Cecil Lake Road
• Cecil Lake Road between 2895 Cecil Lake Road and the Alces River
• 219 Road off of Cecil Lake Road

An evacuation alert has also been issued for the Siphon Creek Area.

The following areas are affected by the alert:

• 256 Road from the 221 Road to the Alberta border, 22 km north along the Alberta border, west to the Osborn River, south along the Osborn River to the intersection of the Siphon Creek Road and 243 Road then east to the 256 Road

It includes all civic addresses on:

• Siphon Creek Road
• Osborn Road
• 268 Road
• Doig Road to the Osborn River
• Buekert Avenue
• McTavish Trail
• PDR Osborn ACC
• Osborn Dump Road

It’s shaping up to be a busy fire season already and it’s just getting started. 

Prince George has seen most of the trouble so far this year: 200 wildfire personnel were deployed to the region last month, up to two weeks earlier than usual.