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Public Safety Minister says firefighters 'nearly paid with their lives' to evacuate people from the White Rock Lake fire
Wildland firefighters "nearly paid with their lives" to evacuate people near the White Rock Lake fire on Thursday night, according to the Public Safety Minister. Mike Farnworth said crews had to go do...
Aug 06, 2021 A home in Monte Lake levelled by the White Rock Lake fire on August 5, 2021.(Photo Monte Lake, BC Community Page)
Fires and drought creating feed supply challenges for BC ranchers
The General Manager of the BC Cattlemen's Association says the feed situation for ranchers has been getting progressively worse as the summer drags on. It is due to a number of factors including droug...
Aug 06, 2021
Contingency plans in place as BC Wildlife Park among Kamloops properties on evacuation alert
The BC Wildlife Park has contingency plans in place should it be ordered to evacuate the nearly 200 animals at the park because of wildfires. General Manager Glenn Grant tells NL News the Kamloops par...
Aug 06, 2021
Local ranchers reportedly told not to fight White Rock Lake fire on day it started, when it was 10 hectares
A rancher near Monte Lake is wondering why locals trained in fighting wildfires weren't allowed to jump on the White Rock Lake fire the day it broke out. Kari Powell and her husband run the Whistling ...
Aug 06, 2021 A burnt-out vehicle in front of a home that has been reduced to ashes on Paxton Valley Road, about 1 km east of Monte Lake and Highway 97. (Photo by Scottie Duncan)
Temporary access granted for Falkland residents to feed livestock, pick up pets
Falkland residents are being given a brief window today to go back home if they have an essential reason, two days after they were ordered to evacuate because of the White Rock Lake wildfire. Those re...
Aug 06, 2021
White Rock Lake fire prompts evacuation alert for Village of Chase
The Village of Chase has issued an evacuation alert because of the White Rock Lake fire. Mayor Rod Crowe says it is not an order for people to leave their homes, but he notes the threat posed by both ...
Aug 06, 2021
Voyent Alert app now available for City of Kamloops; worked during Thursday night evacuation alert
The City of Kamloops says just over 1,000 residents in Dallas, Barnhartvale, and Campbell Creek received an evacuation alert notice through Voyent Alert. After the Juniper Ridge fire on July 1, staff ...
Aug 06, 2021 A large cloud of smoke seen from the White Rock Lake fire southeast of Kamloops, on August 5, 2021. (Photo by BC Wildfire Service)
City of Kamloops looking Emergency Support Services volunteers
The City of Kamloops is putting the call out for volunteers looking to help out in the Emergency Support Services (ESS) program. It says the 2021 wildfire season has been busy for the volunteers who h...
Aug 06, 2021 Emergency Support Services volunteers gather for a morning briefing at McArthur Island. (Photo via City of Kamloops)
UPDATE - White Rock Lake fire grows to an estimated 55,000 hectares, BCWS says
UPDATE 11 p.m. - The White Rock Lake wildfire has grown to an estimated 55,000 hectares in size after strong winds from the southwest yesterday and today, gusting to 40 km/hr at times. For the most pa...
Aug 06, 2021 Photo via BC Wildfire Service
TNRD issues 17 new evacuation orders near Savona from Tremont Creek fire
Gusting winds are fanning the Tremont Creek wildfire this evening, and properties have now been ordered to evacuate just south of Savona. The order covers the north end of Tunkwa Lake Road to areas ju...
Aug 05, 2021
