Image Credit: Twitter / Columbia Shuswap Regional District

By James Peters

Wildfire Danger

Raging Hunakwa Lake fire prompts partial evacuation of Seymour Arm

Jul 22, 2021 | 9:19 AM

SEYMOUR ARM, B.C. — The growing Hunakwa Lake wildfire has led the Columbia Shuswap Regional District to evacuate a portion of the community of Seymour Arm.

The order was made as of 8:00 a.m. Thursday (July 22).

It applies to:

• All Seymour Arm properties in the neighbourhood of Tranquility Bay
• All properties east of Seymour Arm Bay Road and Seymour River Road at Bughouse Bay and including Tipman Road and Bradley Road and the boat-in only properties
• Any properties within the red boundary on the map below:
  Image Credit: CSRD

Evacuees are asked to check in at the Emergency Support Services reception centre set up at the Lakeview Community Centre, 7703 Squilax-Anglemont Road in Anglemont.

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As of Wednesday, the Hunakwa Lake fire was measured at 1,100 hectares and out of control.

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