Evacuation order issued for B.C.’s oil and gas country | 24CA News
An out-of-control wildfire in northeastern B.C. is threatening a distant space primarily utilized by the oil and gasoline business, prompting an evacuation order.
The Peace River Regional District issued the order at 5 p.m. Saturday night.
“The Peace River Regional District has issued an evacuation order for the Donnie Creek and Tommy Lakes areas due immediate danger to life safety,” the district mentioned in an announcement.
The hearth covers 500 hectares, and is burning about 200 km north of Fort St. John.
Loggers and oil and gasoline crews have been advised to depart instantly and head south to Fort St. John.
The order covers the next areas:
- 89 km and north on the Tommy Lakes Road
- Extending to the confluence of the Sikanni Chief River and the Buckinghorse River within the southeast
- To the border with the Norther Rockies Regional Municipality within the north
- To the Gutah and West Gutah Creek within the east.
The Peace River area has been hit onerous by fires in May. A separate evacuation order covers 61 properties close to the Red Creek hearth nearer to Fort St. John, although a 3rd evacuation order across the Boundary Lake hearth was downgraded to an evacuation alert Saturday morning.
Fire officers mentioned that as temperatures rise as anticipated via the weekend, hearth exercise and behavior will improve.
“Due to the forecasted warming and drying trend for above-seasonal average conditions, the North Peace complex has brought in additional structure protection resources in anticipation of an increase in fire activity and fire behaviour,” BC Wildfire workers mentioned in a report.
– With information from Darrian Matassa-Fung
