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Category Archives: BC Wildfires
Massive Sparks Lake Fire near Kamloops being held
The Sparks Lake fire - the largest in the province - is being held as of Thursday morning. Fire Information Officer, Greg Jonuk, says that means with current resources, the fire is not likely to sprea...
Aug 26, 2021 Sparks Lake Fire on June 29. Photo via BC Wildfire Service
Evacuation order for Tunkwa Lake area downgraded to alert; Logan Lake given all clear
The Thompson-Nicola Regional District has lifted an evacuation order for 65 properties in the Tunkwa Lake area, southwest of Kamloops. The properties are on Guichon Creek Forest Service Road, Haywood-...
Aug 25, 2021
BC Wildfire Service should be remade into a year-round, professionalized service, BCGEU says
The BC General Employees Union (BCGEU) says the BC Wildfire Service should be remade into a year-round, professionalized service like other fire departments. "The problem is the seasonal nature of how...
Aug 25, 2021
With wildfire situation improving, Tk'emlúps te Secwepemc to close emergency operations centre
With the wildfire situation improving significantly in the Kamloops area, Tk'emlps te Secwepemc will be closing its emergency operations centre. Kukpi7 Rosanne Casimir says Thursday's breakfast will b...
Aug 25, 2021 Photo via Google
B.C. government providing $2,000 to families who have lost their homes to wildfires this summer
A program to offer money to people in Lytton who lost their homes has now been expanded to include households from any community who have lost their homes to wildfires this summer. The B.C. government...
Aug 25, 2021 A home flattened by flames in Monte Lake by the White Rock Lake fire, as seen on August 5, 2021. (Photo submitted)
Special air quality statement returns for Kamloops due to wildfire smoke
A thin haze of wildfire smoke has prompted another special air quality statement for the Kamloops area. The new advisory for smoky skies covers the South Thompson, as well as the Shuswap and the Okana...
Aug 25, 2021
Fire risk expected to remain stable in Kamloops area through end of August
There's been no significant growth on any major wildfires in the Kamloops area over the past week, according to the BC Wildfire Service. Fire operations manager Todd Nessman says stable weather is exp...
Aug 24, 2021 The White Rock Lake wildfire southwest of Vernon on August 24, 2021. (Photo by BC Wildfire Service)
Police stop arson suspect and suspicious vehicle with 'break-in tools' in evacuated communities
RCMP say officers doing patrols have stopped suspicious people in the past week in evacuation zones, in Lytton and near Merritt. Spokesperson Dawn Roberts told NL News the first incident happened last...
Aug 24, 2021
Tobiano, Savona, Loon Lake no longer on evacuation alert
Hundreds of rural properties west of Kamloops were taken off of evacuation alert Monday night. The Thompson-Nicola Regional District downgraded six different evacuation alerts to all clear, affecting ...
Aug 24, 2021
Loved ones of Merritt care homes describe 'chaos' when residents were evacuated to Lower Mainland
Loved ones of care home residents in Merritt say it was "chaos" when those homes had to be evacuated last Monday. One is Ellen Miller, who says her 87-year-old mother, with arthritis, and 93-year-old ...
Aug 23, 2021
