A landslide in White Rock forced four homes to be evacuated Monday.
Crews, including geotechnical engineers, were at the slide site close to the Victoria Terraces condos near Martin Drive Monday and all day Tuesday. Residents of three homes have now been allowed back but one home remains evacuated.
Power is out in the area for some residents.
“The priority is to stabilize the area and get people back in their homes,” said White Rock Deputy Fire Chief Ed Wolfe. “We are trying to determine what caused it. Obviously, we have had a lot of heavy rain and no doubt that was a factor”
The slide took place around 4:30 p.m. PT on Monday on private property and no one was injured. There is some debris from the slide on part of the building’s patio and the crews so far have not found any structural damage to the building.
The slide clovers an area approximately 50 metres by 65 metres and is all on private property. The city of White Rock has brought in equipment to make emergency repairs that will likely take two days.
“I don’t believe it’s very common, it’s relatively rare,” said Jim Gordon, director of engineering and municipal operations at the City of White Rock.
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