BC Wildfire Evacuation Orders

• ‘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. 

  Fire

  Aug 18, 2023
  
• RCMP urge B.C. wildfire evacuees to post a note so officials know they are safe

  As the North Okanagan is such a large area and there are a number of rural properties, it can be very difficult to know if everyone is accounted for, police said.

  Canada

  Aug 18, 2021
  
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• B.C. wildfire update Tuesday: Concerns after residents refuse to heed evacuation orders

  The Thompson Nicola Regional District confirmed Tuesday the Sparks Lake fire has prompted the evacuation order of 295 addresses and the evacuation alert of 394 addresses.

  Canada

  Jul 27, 2021
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• B.C. wildfire status Sunday: New evacuation orders issued as fires continue to burn

  B.C.'s wildfire crisis continues to burn out of control with more evacuation orders being issued overnight.

  Environment

  Aug 13, 2017
• B.C. wildfire: Updated list of highway closures following latest evacuation orders

  Wildfires have led to a series of road closures.

  Jul 16, 2017