By The Canadian Press/Doug Collins

Wildfire recovery will take years, says Agriculture Minister

Sep 12, 2017 | 6:40 AM

KAMLOOPS —    Agriculture Minister Lana Popham says recovering from the most destructive wildfire season in B-C’s history will not be quick or easy.

     Popham says cooler, wetter weather is forecast to arrive in the parched southeast region of the province later this week.

     But she’s urging residents to remain vigilant until the wildfire season is over.

     Kevin Skrepnek of the B-C Wildfire Service says more than 12-hundred wildfires have destroyed nearly 11-thousand 700 square kilometres of land, breaking the previous record set in 1958.

There is some good news on the weather front for the Interior. 

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Much more fall-like weather is on its way to the Kamloops region, a boon for the province’s wildland firefighters.

Environment Canada Forecaster Doug Lundquist says a high pressure system will break down today, bringing rain and cool temperatures to the Interior.

Lundquist says the rain won’t be particularly significant.

Lundquist says it also won’t be enough rain to snuff out the dozens of wildfires still raging in the provinces.

Meanwhile, evacuation Orders are being rescinded for areas West of Eagan Lake, Sharpe Lake, and Deadman-Vidette effective immediately. 
 
The Evacuation Order for South of Green Lake will be rescinded effective 3:00 p.m. September 12, 2017. 
 
The addresses that have been downgraded from Evacuation Order to Alert are noted on the Wildfire Information link on our page above.