Cariboo Regional District Partially Downgrades Evacuation Order for French Bar Creek Wildfire
Residents can return home, but wildfires are still burning and evacuation alerts remain in place for possible renewed orders.
- On Monday, the Thompson-Nicola Regional District and Cariboo Regional District downgraded evacuation orders to alerts for 70 Mile House, Hutchinson Lake, and Green Lake, allowing residents to return home.
- The Pear Lake wildfire, which remains out of control at 147,677 hectares, prompted the original evacuation orders and is one of three blazes comprising the Big Bar complex.
- Loon Lake residents may also return home as of Tuesday morning; Highway 97 remains closed between Loon Lake Road and 70 Mile, requiring return travel via Highway 24.
- Returning residents should carry a minimum of three days' worth of essential supplies and keep their vehicles fueled, as officials warn that danger trees may exist on Crown Land following the fire activity.
- While the 4,795-hectare Rim Lake wildfire is being held, the French Bar Creek fire continues to grow at 44,384 hectares, requiring residents in remaining alert areas to stay prepared for potential changes.
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Cariboo Regional District partially downgrades evacuation order for French Bar Creek wildfire
WILLIAMS LAKE, B.C. — Some residents who were forced to evacuate due to the French Bar Creek wildfire are able to return home. Effective 4:00 p.m. Monday (Aug. 10), the Cariboo Regional District (CRD) partially downgraded an evacuation order for the eastern portion of its French Bar Fire Area 5 boundary to an evacuation alert. Residents in the western portion of the attached map, as outlined in rep, remain on evacuation order. The evacuation ord…
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