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Recent activity on the Sparks Lake fire has also moved the fire farther south, through the northeast corner of the Skeetchestn Indian Band reserve lands, forcing the majority of band members to evacuate, according to a news release issued by the band on Tuesday afternoon. The Skeetchestn band has put together a dedicated response team of more than 75 members to help fight the fire. It includes band members, band staff members and non-band members and is working with the BC Wildfire Service to keep the fire at bay as it encroaches deeper into the Deadman River Valley. The Thompson-Nicola Regional District has issued evacuation orders for 170 properties surrounding the fire. Another 704 properties are on evacuation alert, ready to leave should the blaze change direction.
VANCOUVER Hundreds of residents northwest of Kamloops, B.C., have been asked to be ready to leave their homes at a moment s notice due to the Sparks Lake wildfire, which has grown to an estimated 40 square kilometres since Monday. The Thompson-Nicola Regional District issued new evacuation alerts Wednesday afternoon for 298 properties in the Loon Lake and Hiham Lake areas. That was on top of 150 properties already impacted in the Deadman, Red Lake, Tranquille Valley & and Vidette Lake areas. More than 25 properties near Red Lake have been ordered to evacuate, up from nine on Tuesday. And as of Wednesday afternoon, 56 firefighters and 10 helicopters were fighting the flames.
Wildfire leads to evacuation order in B.C. village that set Canadian heat wave record
The Sparks Lake wildfire burns near Lytton, B.C. in this Wednesday, June 30, 2021 handout photo. A fast-spreading wildfire led to an immediate evacuation order Wednesday night for residents of the British Columbia village of Lytton as many scrambled to escape as flames threatened buildings. THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO, Jo-Anne Beharrell MANDATORY CREDIT June 30, 2021 - 11:57 PM
LYTTON, B.C. - A fast-spreading wildfire led to an immediate evacuation order Wednesday night for residents of the British Columbia village of Lytton as many scrambled to escape as flames threatened buildings.