Posted: Jul 22, 2021 12:00 PM PT | Last Updated: July 22
Residents of Carefree Manor, an assisted living facility in 100 Mile House, had to leave due to fire risk and are now scattered between three other facilities in the province waiting for word it is safe to return home. Image does not depict a resident of the facility.(Shutterstock)
Posted: Jul 20, 2021 5:42 PM PT | Last Updated: July 21
A new wildfire, sparked when a van crashed into a hydroelectric pole, prompted an evacuation order for the resort town of Sicamous, B.C., on Tuesday.(B.C. Wildfire Service/Twitter)
Most of the resort town of Sicamous, B.C., in the Southern Interior, was put under an evacuation order or told to prepare to leave on Tuesday after a highway crash sparked another wildfire.
Sicamous Mayor Terry Rysz said the fire, which is burning near Two Mile Creek, started Tuesday afternoon after a van crashed into a hydroelectric pole with a transformer on it.
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