BREAKING: CRD reduces Narcosli Creek Fire evacuation order, alerts

BREAKING: CRD reduces Narcosli Creek Fire evacuation order, alerts

Ten properties have been taken off evacuation order and put on alert

  • Aug. 16, 2018 12:00 a.m.

The Cariboo Regional District has reduced the evacuation order and alerts for the Narcosli area, as well as the areas north and west of Quesnel.

The CRD has reduced the evacuation order for the Narcosli Creek area for 10 properties. Those 10 properties are now on evacuation alert. Twenty-three properties in the southwest Narcosli Creek area remain on evacuation order, while the alert remains in place for 985 properties in the Narcosli Creek area, including the Narcosli Creek and West Fraser communities.

The reduction comes on the recommendation of the BC Wildfire Service as the Narcosli Creek Fire now poses a reduced risk to the nearby communities.

To check if you are on alert, you can vied the CRD’s interactive map here.

The City of Quesnel has not yet issued an update on the status of the West Quesnel evacuation alert, as of 2 p.m. Aug. 16.

More to come.


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