An evacuation order was issued at around 10 p.m. Sunday in Agassiz, for four properties near a huge boulder that crashed into the neighbourhood early November.
A release from the District of Kent says residents on a few properties on the east side of Rockwell Drive north of Thunderbird Creek need to leave because cold weather is impeding a geotechnical assessment of the rock bluffs in the area.
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The district has declared a local state of emergency.
It’s not clear if there’s any danger for residents, or if the evacuation is precautionary. A garden shed was flattened when the boulder rolled down about a month ago.
No one was injured.
The boulder is estimated to weigh 55,000 pounds.
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