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UPDATE: 600+ properties on evacuation alert after fire near Princeton
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UPDATE: 600+ properties on evacuation alert after fire near Princeton

July 17, 2014

<b>UPDATE: The Jura fire has grown to 200 hectares, but fire crews worked overnight to place a guard around two-thirds of the perimeter. The goal is to have the fire completely guarded today. The evacuation alert will be re-assessed Thursday afternoon.</b> NEAR PRINCETON -- Another evacuation alert has been issued in the South Okanagan. The Jura fire is at 35 hectares, and is burning between Summerland and Princeton. It's prompted the Regional District of Okanagan Similkameen to issue an evacuation alert for homes along the Summerland/Princeton Road, affecting 606 properties. <a href="https://globalnews.ca/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/jura-fire-evac.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-large wp-image-1457172" src="http://globalnews.ca/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/jura-fire-evac.jpg?w=1024" alt="jura fire evac" width="1024" height="712" /></a> <strong>The affected properties include:</strong> 115 to 131 Augur Road 112 Bankeir Place 105 to 136 Country Lane 120 to 145 Jellico Road 4067 to 4131 Lakesyde Road 150 to 223 Lakeview Road 113 to 117 Lee CK PL 102 to 272 Link Lake Road 4088 to 4116 Meadow Cres 114 to 126 Muskoka Road 131 and 143 Osprey Place 110 to 231 Pinewood Drive, 143 Jellicoe Road, 1556 to 4600 Princeton-Summerland Road 1364 to 1862 Shinish Creek Road 118 to 149 Tee Pee Lakes Place 186 Trout Main FSR Road You can view the evacuation alert <a href="http://www.rdos.bc.ca/">here.</a> This means people are being asked to prepare, should an evacuation become necessary.

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