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Public Asked To Avoid Areas Subject To Evacuations Alerts And Orders In The South Cariboo SHARE ON: 100 Mile House RCMP (Chris Adams, MyCaribooNow.com staff) 100 Mile House RCMP is asking residents to be prepared and to avoid recreational activities in areas subject to evacuation orders and alerts. Yesterday (July 1, 2021)  the Cariboo Regional District issued an Evacuation Order for the Deka Lake area and police say this morning while they were working to ensure the residents were notified o...

Evacuated residents now going to Williams Lake SHARE ON: The Cariboo Regional District has confirmed that evacuated residents are now being sent to Williams Lake. Stephanie Masun is the CRD Manager of Emergency Programs. “What that means is that in the area of 100 Mile House there may not be any more rental units.  A secondary site had opened up in Williams Lake that’s located at the volunteer fire department on Hodson Road, as a secondary site for people tom come for assistance with lodgi...

B.C. Government officials address wildfires that are causing major destruction SHARE ON: Heatwaves and thunderstorms have contributed to major wildfires in many different areas of B.C. “In the last 24 hours, 62 new fires have started in British Columbia,” said Horgan. He added that 29,000 lightning strikes hit across B.C. in the last 24 hours as well. “We may well, depending on how the fire season starts to unfold, require a provincial state of emergency such as we have seen in past fire ...

Evacuation order issued for Deka Lake in the Cariboo SHARE ON: Deka Lake Alert Pursuant to the BC Emergency Program Act, an Evacuation Order has been issued by the Cariboo Regional District for Deka Lake, which is west of 100 Mile House. Due to immediate danger to  life safety due to fire, members of the RCMP or other groups will be expediting this action. WHAT YOU SHOULD DO:  immediately South Cariboo Recreation Centre, 175 Airport Road, 100 Mile House, BC. Close all windows and doors Do n...

Residents of a community in British Columbia’s Interior desperately searched for loved ones and tried to process the loss of their homes on Thursday after learning that most of the village of Lytton had been destroyed by raging wildfires.  The province’s public safety minister said the blazes, one of which spanned nearly 90 square kilometres, had levelled most buildings in the village about 250 kilometres northeast of Vancouver. Mike Farnworth also said multiple residents were unaccounted ...

There are 44 active wildfires in the Cariboo, most in the South Cariboo SHARE ON: BC Wildfire Mobile App Logo (submitted by BCWS) The only fire of note right now, according to Fire Information Officer Erin Bull, is the Southwest of Deka Lake wildfire that has caused the evacuation of that community as well as Judson Road. Here, Bull provides an update with the latest information. “It’s estimated to be about 70 hectares in size. There are currently 48 firefighters assigned to the incident, ...

Fire Destroys Most Homes and Buildings in Lytton, BC; Some Residents Missing Residents of a community in British Columbia’s Interior desperately searched for loved ones and tried to process the loss of their homes on Thursday after learning that most of the village of Lytton had been destroyed by raging wildfires. The province’s public safety minister said the blazes, one of which spanned nearly 90 square kilometres, had levelled most buildings in the village about 250 kilometres northeast ...

As the 100 Mile House area deals with an uptick in COVID-19 cases, police in the South Cariboo community say they’ve been spending more time in recent weeks dealing with reports relating to measures put in place to help curb the spread of the virus — large gatherings and at least two protests.