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TNRD expands Venables Valley evacuation order, expresses confidence in Emergency Operations Centre
KAMLOOPS – The Thompson Nicola Regional District has expanded the evacuation order around the Shetland Creek wildfire in the Spences Bridge area.
Late Thursday afternoon (July 18), the TNRD added nine more properties to the order, expanding the evacuation area to the north and west. There are now 85 properties within the area covered by the order.
Another 145 properties are now under evacuation alert, including the community of Spences Bridge to the south and numerous properties in the Hat Creek area to the northwest. That brings the total number of properties under alert to about 170. Residents must be ready to leave on very short notice.
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