More evacuation orders and alerts south of Pear Lake wildfire
The expanded orders and alerts now cover nearly 200 properties as crews build containment lines and plan ignitions to slow the fire’s spread.
- On Saturday, the Thompson-Nicola Regional District and Squamish-Lillooet Regional District issued new evacuation orders for properties near Highway 99 and Pavilion Lake west of Cache Creek.
- The massive Pear Lake wildfire has grown to more than 1,600 square kilometres, with these new orders representing the southernmost extent of evacuation measures issued for this incident.
- BC Wildfire Service crews moved four water tanks into the Highway 99 corridor on Friday, ensuring "easy access to water should structure protection along this corridor be necessary."
- South of Pavilion Mountain, crews completed machine guards and initiated planned ignitions to remove fuel and prevent the fire from crossing Pavilion Creek.
- The province remains under a state of emergency as unstable weather threatens the southern Interior, with authorities warning Highway 99 may close suddenly.
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The province issues additional regulations while the fire on Pear Lake is still gaining ground.
New wildfire sparks south of Kamloops
KAMLOOPS — A new lightning-caused wildfire has been spotted south of Kamloops on Saturday (Aug 22). The BC Wildfire Service had the fire posted on their online map shortly before 12:30 p.m., and it is believed to be about six hectares in size. The out of control blaze is in the Jacko Lake area, about seven kilometres south of Kamloops. The BCWS has firefighters and aircraft attacking the flames. Evacuation alerts or alerts have yet to be impleme…
New evacuation instructions have been issued for properties in the southern Cariboo region of British Columbia, while the huge fire near Pear Lake continues to expand.
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