Residents ask to be part of wildfire fighting effort in North Shuswap area
More than 10,000 residents were forced to evacuate their Shuswap-area properties due to the Bush Creek East wildfire.
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More than 10,000 residents were forced to evacuate their Shuswap-area properties due to the Bush Creek East wildfire.
SCOTCH CREEK, B.C. — All that stands of the Scotch Creek — Lee Creek firehall in the British Columbia Interior’s Shuswap region is a set of blackened stairs leading to a pile of rubble.
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Twisted metal, charred debris and endless ash are all that remains of the Scotch Creek-Lee Creek Fire Hall. The fire department building was one of nearly 200 structures completely destroyed by the fast-growing Bush Creek East wildfire in the Shuswap region of British Columbia.
Video taken by Global News during a media tour of the North Shuswap on Wednesday shows untold blackened and scorched trees.