Emotional mayor of 100 Mile House determined to get residents back home
KAMLOOPS — An emotional Mitch Campsall broke down a few times as he addressed 100 Mile House and other Cariboo residents at a public information session in Kamloops on Monday night.
The mayor of 100 Mile House recalled the night he signed the evacuation order on July 9, believing the town would be burned by the fast-moving Gustafsen wildfire, which is 5,700 hectares and 35 per cent contained.
“The night I pushed that button, I did not think we would have a 100 Mile to come back to,” said Campsall, speaking in front of hundreds of Cariboo residents at a public information session on Monday night in Kamloops.