Category Archives: Wildfires
Small evacuation alert enacted for Douglas Lake-area wildfire
KAMLOOPS - The Thompson-Nicola Regional District has issued a new evacuation alert in relation to a fire northeast of Douglas Lake.The evacuation alert covers five properties threatened by the White R...
Jul 14, 2021
Shuswap community of Seymour Arm placed under evacuation alert
SEYMOUR ARM, B.C. - The Columbia-Shuswap Regional District has put the community of Seymour Arm on evacuation alert.The CSRD's Emergency Operations Centre says the alert is due to the 230-hectare Huna...
Jul 14, 2021
District of 100 Mile House on evacuation alert
100 MILE HOUSE, B.C. - The District of 100 Mile House is now under evacuation alert due to the encroaching Flat Lake wildfire. Mayor Mitch Campsall announced the alert late Wednesday morning (July 14)...
Jul 14, 2021
Evacuation alert for 199 properties in Bonaparte Plateau area
KAMLOOPS - An evacuation alert was issued by the Thompson-Nicola Regional District (TNRD) Emergency Operations Centre in Kamloops Wednesday (July 14) morning. The alert was issued to 199 properties in...
Jul 14, 2021
Whitecroft- and Ashcroft-area fires show growth Wednesday
KAMLOOPS - There has been growth on a pair of fires within the Kamloops Fire Centre.According to the B.C. Wildfire Service, the Embleton Mountain fire near Whitecroft is now measured at 516 hectares.H...
Jul 14, 2021
More than 1,500 properties evacuated in South Cariboo near Flat Lake, Canim Lake fires
100 MILE HOUSE, B.C. - UPDATE: The District of 100 Mile House is now on evacuation alert. EARLIER: The Cariboo Regional District is announcing a pair of large evacuations of properties in the path of ...
Jul 14, 2021
Wildfire smoke blanketing parts of B.C. prompts air quality warning
VANCOUVER - Much of central and eastern British Columbia is under a special weather bulletin warning of smoky skies, as hundreds of wildfires rage out of control in the province. Environment Canada is...
Jul 14, 2021
Service Canada sets up dedicated phone line for Lytton evacuees
LYTTON, B.C. - As evacuees from Lytton were forced from their homes in a matter of minutes on June 30 as a fire swept through the Village, many left with just the shirts on their back.To assist with t...
Jul 14, 2021
Wildfire causes Highway 97 closure in South Cariboo
70 MILE HOUSE, B.C. - Motorists beware: a wildfire has closed Highway 97 in both directions near 70 Mile House.According to Drive BC, the highway is closed between North Bonaparte Road and 94 Mile for...
Jul 14, 2021
RCMP investigating whether small Knutsford fires Tuesday night were intentionally set
UPDATE (9:45 a.m.): B.C. Wildfire Service said they, along with Kamloops Fire Rescue and Kamloops RCMP, responded to five suspicious fires last night in the Knutsford area.The largest of the five fire...
Jul 14, 2021
