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Category Archives: BC Wildfires
Local leaders in wildfire-affected areas urge people to share factual information only on social media
The area director in Spences Bridge is asking people to stop using their thumbs to start a second firestorm. Steven Rice said people are sharing inaccurate information about wildfires on social media....
Jul 23, 2021 The Tremont Creek wildfire east of Ashcroft on July 22, 2021. (BC Wildfire Service)
Sun Peaks hoping to house wildfire evacuees from Kamloops area
With Sun Peaks reopening and hundreds of empty hotel rooms, the village is hoping to house wildfire evacuees. Mayor Al Raine says hotels have submitted inventories to Emergency Management B.C. "I woul...
Jul 23, 2021
Logan Lake using rooftop sprinklers to protect homes from wildfires
Logan Lake is hoping the rest of B.C. will catch on to a fire protection system it's been using for years. Fire chief Doug Wilson said the District has had a rooftop sprinkler program since 2013. He s...
Jul 23, 2021 Rooftop sprinklers in Logan Lake seen in July 2021.
Provincial officials acknowledge wildfire evacuees are being asked to travel great distances
Emergency Management BC is acknowledging that travel distance for many wildfire evacuees has been "longer than normal" this year. Pader Brach with EMBC was asked why people in Spences Bridge with nowh...
Jul 23, 2021 Structures destroyed by wildfire are seen in Lytton, B.C., on Thursday, July 1, 2021. (Photo via Darryl Dyck/The Canadian Press)
Evacuation orders lifted for Whitecroft; Sun Peaks Resort to fully reopen Saturday
Good news for people living near the Embleton Mountain wildfire as all evacuation orders for Whitecroft have been lifted, while the evacuation alerts for Sun Peaks and Heffley Lake are no more. The Th...
Jul 23, 2021 The Embleton Mountain fire on July 10, 2021. (Photo: Tara Bouvette)
TNRD opens resiliency centre at Northills Mall in Kamloops to support wildfire evacuees
The Thompson-Nicola Regional District has opened a resource centre for wildfire evacuees in Kamloops - with plans to take another on the road. The so-called Resiliency and Recovery Centre located at S...
Jul 22, 2021
Kamloops-area residents being asked to reduce water use by 30 per cent because of drought
British Columbians are being told to reduce their water consumption because of drought and water scarcity that is impacting most of the southern half of the province. The Ministry of Forests, Lands, N...
Jul 22, 2021
UPDATE: Spences Bridge evacuated because of Lytton Creek wildfire
UPDATED: 4:15 p.m. The Lytton Creek wildfire is now threatening Spences Bridge to the point where the community has been put on evacuation order. The order came down at noon from the Thompson-Nicola R...
Jul 22, 2021
Logan Lake bans trail usage until fire risk starts to drop
The District of Logan Lake has closed all of its trails because of the extreme fire risk. The closure for all users will be in place until further notice, according to fire chief Doug Wilson. "It's ex...
Jul 22, 2021
B.C. still in talks with United States and Australia about more wildfire resources, Premier Horgan says
Premier John Horgan says government officials are in talks with the United States and Australia about potential support as the province continues to fight some 300 wildfires currently burning. However...
Jul 21, 2021 BC Wildfire Crews in August 2020. (Photo via BC Wildfire Service)
