BC Evacuation Orders

• Weeks of worry ease as alerts lift for two B.C. wildfires outside Kamloops, Lillooet

  Other evacuation orders are still posted in another region west of Lillooet, where the Downton Lake fire destroyed numerous homes and cabins around Gun Lake.

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  Sep 13, 2023
  
• B.C. officials warn residents to take care when they return to fire zones

  The Regional District of Central Okanagan says crews are still busy putting out hot spots and repairing damaged infrastructure affected by the McDougall Creek wildfire.

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  Sep 12, 2023
  
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• Kookipi Creek wildfire evacuation order downgraded in Boston Bar, Nahatlatch River

  According to the BC Wildfire Service's website, as of Monday, there are no more evacuation orders in place for the Kookipi Creek wildfire near Boston Bar.

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  Sep 4, 2023
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• Central B.C. weather spurs ‘very aggressive’ fire activity as well as new orders, alerts

  More than 430 fires continue to burn in B.C., with more than 2,070 reported this season that have charred more than 22,200 square kilometres.

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  Sep 4, 2023
• ‘Far from being in the clear’: B.C. extends state of emergency as wildfires, drought drag on

  Emergency Management Minister Bowinn Ma said the province is preparing for the possibility this drought season could last beyond the calendar year and stretch into 2024.

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  Aug 31, 2023
• BC Wildfire Service calls for support post-convoy as Shuswap-area fire swells

  On Wednesday night, a group of residents -- some with trucks -- travelled to a police checkpoint on Highway 1 by Sorrento to challenge RCMP officers.

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  Aug 24, 2023
• New evacuation order for wildfire burning northwest of Prince George

  The Great Beaver Lake wildfire, first detected in July, is burning out of control at an estimated 4,353 hectares. It is considered a wildfire of note. 

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  Aug 18, 2023
• ‘Never-ending stress’: Kookipi Creek fire quadruples in size near Boston Bar

  The blaze has gone from an estimated 2,000 hectares to nearly 9,000 hectares in size, threatening Lytton, Boston Bar, the Nahatlatch Lake area, and North Bend. 

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  Aug 18, 2023
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• About 500 properties on evacuation orders, alert for new fire in South Okanagan

  The Upper Park Rill Creek fire was spotted Friday around 6 a.m. and is currently burning an estimated 100 hectares of land north of Oliver and Keremeos, B.C.

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  Aug 18, 2023
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• More than 370 wildfires burning in B.C., over 70 evacuation orders and alerts in effect

  With more than 370 wildfires burning in B.C., the Canadian Interagency Forest Fire Centre says the province has the greatest number of blazes across the country.

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  Jul 16, 2023