Category Archives: Wildfires
More long-term care residents moved out of 100 Mile House and Ashcroft
KAMLOOPS - Long-term care residents in 100 Mile House and Ashcroft are being moved to safe locations while the two communities face Evacuation Alerts.Yesterday more than a dozen long-term care residen...
Jul 15, 2021
Even with more than 300 fires raging in B.C., emergency officials confident with current response strategy
KAMLOOPS - Emergency officials say B.C. is about one month ahead of schedule with its fire season and B.C. Wildfire Service (BCWS) resources are being stretched to the limit. Even so, officials say th...
Jul 15, 2021
Evacuation Alert issued in part of Electoral Area "M" of TNRD
KAMLOOPS - The Brenda Creek wildfire has prompted the Thompson-Nicola Regional District to issue an Evacuation Alert for three properties under threat south of Douglas Lake.The fire was discovered Wed...
Jul 15, 2021
Highway 97 reopens but 100 Mile House Evacuation Alert remains in place
WILLIAMS LAKE - The Flat Lake wildfire has grown to 8,725 hectares and is continuing to move east towards Highway 97 in the Cariboo. Despite the growth, officials have reopened the main highway throug...
Jul 15, 2021
Firefighters battling wildfire near Jacko Lake
KAMLOOPS - UPDATE: The City of Kamloops has stood down its Emergency Operations Centre (EOC) as of 12:00 noon.EARLIER: Fire crews are trying to contain a 33 hectare blaze just south of Aberdeen, in th...
Jul 15, 2021
Heat warning ends but fires still burn
KAMLOOPS - One good thing this morning is that Environment Canada has ended the heat warning that's been in effect for our area these past few days. Temperatures are expected to reach the low to mid-t...
Jul 15, 2021
Barnes Lake area evacuated; Highway 1 corridor west of Savona under alert
ASHCROFT, B.C. - The 50 properties put on evacuation alert due to the Tremont Creek wildfire east of Ashcroft are now under evacuation order.The Thompson-Nicola Regional District says the 780-hectare ...
Jul 14, 2021
Knutsford residents feeling nervous about suspicious fire after close call Tuesday night
KAMLOOPS - Kamloops RCMP are investigating five suspicious fires in Knutsford last night. Emergency crews were called to fires at both the 3.5-kilometre mark and the 10-kilometre mark of Goose Lake Ro...
Jul 14, 2021
Council, fire chief put Village of Cache Creek on evacuation alert
CACHE CREEK, B.C. - Cache Creek Fire Chief Tom Moe says the community is being put on evacuation alert due to the worsening wildfire situation.In a post to the Cache Creek Fire Department Facebook pag...
Jul 14, 2021
With 100 Mile House on alert, Interior Health begins clearing patients out of local hospital
100 MILE HOUSE, B.C. - Interior Health says it is conducting a partial evacuation of its hospital in 100 Mile House.In an email to CFJC Today, IH says six long-term care residents, two community care ...
Jul 14, 2021
