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Kamloops-area mayors say 2021 fire season could be 'worse than previous years on record'
The Mayor of Barriere says people in the Southern Interior are one significant lightning storm away from this wildfire season being worse than anything currently on record. Speaking on the NL Morning ...
Jul 20, 2021 Sparks Lake Fire on June 29. Photo via BC Wildfire Service
Flat Lake fire grows to almost 200 square kilometres; overnight weather helping fire fight
The largest fire burning in the Cariboo has grown by almost 3,500 hectares in the past day. The Flat Lake Fire near 70 Mile House is now 19,247 hectares in size, according to an update Tuesday morning...
Jul 20, 2021
TNRD issues evacuation order for 25 properties near Coquihalla Highway
Twenty-five properties near the Coquihalla Highway south of Merritt have been ordered to evacuate Tuesday morning because of a nearby wildfire. The order from the Thompson-Nicola Regional District aff...
Jul 20, 2021
Unexpected shift in winds at Embleton Mountain Fire; seven more properties evacuated
The BC Wildfire Service says an unexpected shift in winds yesterday drove the Embleton Mountain Fire south towards some control lines that were already established. Fire Information Officer, Hannah Sw...
Jul 20, 2021 The Embleton Mountain fire on July 10, 2021. (Photo: Tara Bouvette)
Shaun Clouston promoted to Blazers GM/Head Coach, Tim O'Donovan named new Assistant GM
Shaun Clouston has been named the new Kamloops Blazers General Manager, a role he will serve in while still continuing on as Head Coach of the WHL franchise. "After a thorough process of interviewing ...
Jul 20, 2021
B.C. government tells TNRD no provincial state of emergency declaration is currently planned
The B.C. government will not be declaring a provincial state of emergency over wildfires after a request to do so was made by the Thompson-Nicola Regional District. The TNRD board voted unanimously on...
Jul 19, 2021 The Tremont Creek Fire as seen on July 17. Photo via BC Wildfire Service
Smoky Kamloops skies forces delay of planned control burns at Embleton Mountain, Sparks Lake fires
The return of smoky skies in the Kamloops area has meant helicopter crews battling the Embleton Mountain Fire near Sun Peaks are not able to proceed with some controlled burning. Fire Information Offi...
Jul 19, 2021 Sparks Lake Fire Guard on Skeetchestn Lands as seen on July 7. Photo via BCWS
TNRD Chair calls lack of available accommodations in Kamloops for wildfire evacuees a 'nightmare'
The Chair of the Thompson-Nicola Regional District (TNRD) is describing the lack of accommodations for wildfire evacuees as a "nightmare." Ken Gillis says he had to direct the last batch of evacuees i...
Jul 19, 2021
Barnhartvale resident wants to see more fire mitigation work in interface zones
A resident in Barnhartvale says he and his neighbours would feel a lot more comfortable if more fire mitigation work were done in the area. Don Marshall owns 20 acres in Barnhartvale, consisting of yo...
Jul 19, 2021 Photo via Hike Kamloops
Camping stove the alleged cause of grassfire in Knutsford on Saturday
(Photo: Nathan Ritchie) Kamloops RCMP say someone was fined for starting a grassfire in Knutsford on Saturday afternoon. The fire happened just before 1:30 p.m. next to Highway 5A near Running Horse R...
Jul 19, 2021
