By Jill Sperling

Hundreds of properties under evacuation order west of Nazko

Aug 11, 2018 | 9:32 AM

WILLIAMS LAKE, B.C. — Hundreds of properties are being evacuated in the Cariboo Regional District as an expanded evacuation order is issued. 

901 properties in the north western CRD Boundary to west of Nazko are included in the order. 

RCMP and other groups will be assisting in the evacuation. 

The following properties on the Kluskus Forest Service Road (FSR) will be evacuated by helicopter:

  • District Lot 1833
  • Block A, District Lot 91,
  • Block B, District Lot 91,
  • District Lot 92
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Residents are asked to register at the ESS Reception Centre at Exhibition Park in Prince George. 

Two evacuation routes are available: 

  •  Some residents may need to take the Alexander Mackenzie Heritage Trail to Batnuni Road, to Blackwater Road through Quesnel and North to Prince George via Highway 97.
  •  Some residents may need to take the Nazko Road to Blackwater Road through Quesnel, North to Prince George via Highway 97.

For more information on evacuation alerts and orders click here. 

by Jill Sperling

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