Category Archives: Kamloops and Area News

KAMLOOPS - An evacuation order has been issued in the vicinity of Sabiston Lake by Chair Ken Gillis from the Thompson-Nicola Regional District (TNRD) at the Emergency Operations Centre (EOC) in Kamloo...

UPDATE 1:00 p.m. July 4 - The wildfire approximately three kilometres east of Highway 5 on Strawberry Hill is estimated at five hectares and is classified as out of control. B.C. Wildfire Service said...

KAMLOOPS - The B.C. Wildfire Service has implemented an Area Restriction Order for the vicinity of the Lytton Creek Complex. The size of the area restriction reflects the continued need to protect the...

UPDATE 1:30 AM July 4 The Skeetchstn Indian Band has issued an evacuation order as of 10:00 PM Saturday July 2nd. The order was issued because of movement in the Sparks Lake wildfire. The order affect...

KAMLOOPS - A donation trailer has been set up at the Concession at Riverside Park.Tourism Kamloops is collecting essential items for evacuees who had to leave their homes without their belongings amid...

KAMLOOPS - The Kamloops East interface fire is classified as under control as of Saturday (July 3) morning, according to the Emergency Operations Centre. Kamloops Fire Rescue (KFR) and B.C. Wildfire S...

KAMLOOPS - The Kamloops East interface fires adjacent to parts of Juniper Ridge and Valleyview continued to be held Friday (July 2) evening.A statement from the Kamloops Emergency Operations Centre (E...

Update 8:50 P.M. - KAMLOOPS - A second Evacuation Order has been put in place for an additional 95 properties northeast of Logan Lake because of the Durand Lake wildfire.The properties are identified ...

KAMLOOPS - Ongoing struggles to snuff out a fire in an eastern section of Kamloops has led the City of Kamloops to reactivate its Emergency Operations Centre.The fire in the Valleyview and Juniper Rid...

KAMLOOPS - Tom Mills' house is gone. Left to pure rubble. All that is standing is the wood-burning chimney that sat in the middle of their home. "It's amazing to see this, eh," he said. "All the times...