Securing perimeters main tactic today for crews battling blazes around Kamloops | iNFOnews infotel.ca - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from infotel.ca Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
July 14, 2021 - 5:11 PM The Tremont Creek wildfire near Ashcroft has more than doubled in size today due to wind. It was previously estimated to have burned 300 hectares, but by around 12:20 p.m. today, July 14, it has grown to about 780 hectares. The wildfire 8.5 kilometres southeast of Ashcroft had already prompted an evacuation alert for 50 properties, but that number has increased. The original 50 properties near Barnes Lake placed on alert have now been given an order to evacuate by the Thompson Nicola Regional District at 5:10 p.m., July 14. North and Downtown Ashcroft have been put on evacuation alert, along with the Mesa subdivision, the entire Village of Cache Creek, Ashcroft Indian Band IR# 2 and IR# 4.
UPDATE: Sparks Lake wildfire remains out of control around 40,000 hectares kamloopsbcnow.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from kamloopsbcnow.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Photograph By MURRAY MITCHELL/ THE DAILY NEWS
Fire protection for Whitecroft could be a year or two away as members of the community association meet with the TNRD and Sun Peaks Resort on the issue next month.
It s the latest attempt to provide the service for the small community at the base of Tod Mountain, and comes after a house fire Thursday afternoon left a couple homeless.
Thompson-Nicola Regional District director John Sternig said previous options have proven too costly for Whitecroft residents.
On the table this time is a proposal that would see Whitecroft rolled into the resort s fire protection area, he told The Daily News.
Lytton fire: New clues in hunt for cause of blaze that wiped a whole town off the map independent.co.uk - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from independent.co.uk Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.