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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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Image Credit: SUBMITTED/csrd.bc.ca July 20, 2021 - 6:44 PM Roughy 1,000 residents of Sicamous have been ordered to evacuate because of a nearby wildfire started this afternoon. All residences within the District of Sicamous that lie to the south of Sherlock Rd, south-east of Cook Ave, Gillis Ave, Larch Ave, east of the Sicamous Narrows and Mara Lake, and north of Sicamous Creek have been ordered to leave their homes immediately. Thousands more are on evacuation alert. The fire, speculated to be from a car accident along Highway 97A, started this afternoon and is already an estimated 60 hectares. We welcome your comments and opinions on our stories but play nice. We won t censor or delete comments unless they contain off-topic statements or links, unnecessary vulgarity, false facts, spam or obviously fake profiles. If you have any concerns about what you see in comments, email the editor in the link above.
UPDATE: Evacuation order extends into Sicamous as Mara Lake wildfire grows to 60 hectares
(UPDATE: July 20 @ 3:45 pm) - The wildfire burning just south of Sicamous along the east side of Mara Lake has grown to 60 hectares.
As a result, the Columbia Shuswap Regional District has extended the evacuation order north and it has now creeped into the municipality.
According to the CSRD, it affects all residences within the District of Sicamous that lie to the south of the terminus of Sherlock Road, southeast of Cook Avenue, Gillis Avenue, Larch Avenue, east of Sicamous Narrows and Mara Lake and north of Sicamous Creek.