Wildfires

PETERS – Better ways to thank wildfire volunteers than a monument

June 30, 2018 // 1 Comment

HERE AT TWO AND OUT, we’re all about saying thank-you to those who help out during devastating wildfires. We do it with some kind words and, if the opportunity presents [Continue]

WILDFIRE – Close watch will be kept overnight on Batchelor Hills fire

June 21, 2018 // 0 Comments

Crews will work overnight on a 60-hectare grasslands wildfire that caused the temporary evacuation of a number of Batchelor Hills residents today (Jun 21, 2018). Lightning is [Continue]

TNRD – Smoldering campfire could have been dangerous if not discovered

June 19, 2018 // 2 Comments

Al Scramstad of the Pinantan Lake fire brigade is warning about the dangers of leaving campfires unattended or unextinguished. Al says a couple of brigade members came across [Continue]

WILDFIRE WATCH – Grass fire near Savona sends up column of smoke

May 28, 2018 // 0 Comments

The BC Wildfire Service is responding to a highly visible and rapidly spreading grass fire beside the Trans Canada Highway about 40 kilometres west of Kamloops near Savona [Continue]

WILDFIRE WATCH – Kamloops Fire Rescue keeps close eye on Allie Lake

May 25, 2018 // 0 Comments

UPDATE: The Thompson-Nicola Regional District issued evacuation orders on more than a dozen properties and evacuation alerts for 51 others early Friday evening (May 25, 2018) [Continue]

WILDFIRE WATCH – Brush fire extinguished on East Shuswap Road

May 19, 2018 // 0 Comments

Residents of Country View Estates on East Shuswap Road were temporarily evacuated Friday night (May 18, 2018) after a brush fire broke out in the 3000 block. The fire was [Continue]