Image: BCWS / file photo of Kookipi Creek
2023 Wildfires

Kookipi Creek evacuation order cancelled – replaced by an evacuation alert

Aug 30, 2023 | 4:18 PM

KAMLOOPS — The Thompson Nicola Regional District has downgraded an Evacuation Order around the Kookipi Creek wildfire in the Fraser Canyon.

The order which was put in place August 17, has been downgraded to an alert, impacting 42 properties.

The TNRD says the evacuation alert is meant to provide residents with as much advance notice as possible prior to an Evacuation Order.

Image: Kookipi Creek Evacuation Alert – TNRD