Squamish-Lillooet Regional District

• Pemberton flood evacuation order downgraded, but dozens of homes still on alert

  The Squamish-Lillooet Regional District announced the alert expansion to include 33 new properties, with the majority being located on the Sea-to-Sky Highway.

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  Jan 31, 2024
  
• 43 properties destroyed, 11 damaged by B.C.’s Downton Lake wildfire

  The impacted homes are in the Gun Lake and Gun Creek areas north of Pemberton, where the Downtown Lake wildfire still burns out of control at a size of roughly 9,393 hectares. 

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  Sep 13, 2023
  
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• 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
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• Winds, heat and lightning trigger concern as two B.C. wildfires surge

  The Regional District of Okanagan-Similkameen has issued an evacuation order for the area southwest of Keremeos affected by two wildfires that have been burning for several weeks.

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  Aug 16, 2023
• Evacuation orders, alerts issued for wildfire west of Lillooet, B.C.

  Residents have been ordered out of a handful of properties, while people living in about 100 more have been told to be ready to leave on a moment's notice.

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  Jul 20, 2023
• Downton Creek FSR wildfire: evacuation order issued by Squamish-Lillooet Regional District

  Wildfire officials said no structures are being threatened at this time, but assessments are being made to highlight “values in the area.”

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  Sep 3, 2022
• Wildfire prompts evacuation order for dozens of properties in Squamish-Lillooet Regional District

  The Squamish-Lillooet Regional District (SLRD) has upgraded the Evacuation Alert for Lillooet Lake Estates, Heather Jean Properties and other identified properties within Electoral Area C to an Evacuation Order.

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  Aug 20, 2020
• No injuries reported in massive landslide from B.C.’s Joffre Peak

  Pictures show a massive, grey trail of rock debris coming from the collapsed northeast face of the peak and extending far into the valley below.

  May 13, 2019
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• D’Arcy-area wildfire brings evacuation orders north of Pemberton

  The fire is moving downslope, just 4.5 kilometres from D'Arcy.

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  Aug 23, 2018