Fiftynine Creek (Pear Lake) Evacuation & Alert Orders update

The Cariboo Regional District (CRD) was busy this morning (August 10) updating their Evacuation Alerts and Orders for the Fiftynine Creek (Pear Lake) wildfire.

At 8 am the Evacuation Order for Fire Area 5 issued July 31 by the CRD Emergency Operations Centre was rescinded and replaced with an Evacuation Alert.

At 8:15 am the Evacuation Alert issued July 27 for the Fiftynine Creek (Pear Lake) Fire Area 2 was partially lifted for the eastern portion with an Evacuation Alert remaining in place for the western portion of the previous alert area.

This morning at 8:30 the Cariboo Regional District EOC lifted the Evacuation Alert for Fire Area 4 that was issued back on July 30 then at 8:45 the Evacuation Alert issued on July 30 for Fire Area 3 was lifted.

To see a map of where these areas are and for the latest Evacuation Alerts and Orders go online cariboord.ca

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Pat Matthews
Pat Matthews
Pat started working in the Cariboo in 1989 after spending several years in radio in Terrace. He worked in the creative department until 2017 when he switched over to news covering Williams Lake and the South Cariboo as well as being the afternoon host on Country 840 in 100 Mile House.

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