The Cariboo Regional District has issued an evacuation order for 62 properties in the Dean River North area, including Itcha Ilgachuz Provincial Park.
The CRD says RCMP or other groups will be notifying the affected properties due to the immediate danger.
The evacuation order area includes 57 properties in the Cariboo Regional District and five properties on Ulkatcho First Nation. The evacuation alert area now includes seven properties in the Cariboo Regional District and one property on the Ulkatcho First Nation.
The evacuation route is Highway 20 to Williams Lake.
Evacuees should register at the ESS Reception Centre at Lake City Secondary Campus at 640 Carson Drive in Williams Lake.
Use the CRD’s online interactive map to see all the areas on evacuation alert or order and the wildfires in the area: https://bit.ly/2tcpS1e
Please visit the CRD Emergency Operations Facebook page at facebook.com/CRDEmergencyOperations as well as the CRD website at cariboord.ca/emergency.
For more information contact the CRD’s public information line at 1-866-759-4977 (8:00am – 10:00 pm daily).
