British Columbia officials confirmed Thursday that structures were destroyed or “damaged” by the Fiftynine Creek wildfire burning near the village of Clinton.
“I would say we have at least a dozen properties that have structures that have been completely destroyed, again houses, ancillary properties or other structures, even garages or sheds,” Colton Davis of the Thompson-Nicola Regional District told Global News.
“The fire broke out so quickly on Friday that many people would not have even had time to prepare for an evacuation alert before it was switched to a tactical evacuation order.”
The fire prompted an expansion of evacuation orders and alerts Thursday as firefighters battled out-of-control blazes now estimated at 11,000 hectares.
In the Fraser Canyon, where three large fires are burning, dubbed the Brunswick Creek Complex, the past few days have been heartbreaking for a North Bend farm owner.
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They watched through doorbell cameras as the flames burned closer to their home.
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“I was obviously up all night,” Tami Dalpadado told Global News.
She said she only had a few minutes to turn on the sprinklers and grab her pets, but had to leave her farm animals behind.
“Unfortunately, the fire was about 500 meters away from us, so we opened the goats’ stalls and let them run,” she said.
Dalpadado’s house is still standing, but she said the outbuildings and equipment were destroyed in the fire.
At least seven other structures have been lost in Fraser Canyon so far, wildfire officials said.
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Forest fires caused evacuations and road closures
The Brunswick Creek complex burned tens of thousands of hectares.
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“Fire behavior is still too high for direct attack, so our crews are working on structural defenses and structural defenses around populated areas and along and other properties along the Fraser Canyon corridor,” said Gordon Robinson, Brunswick Complex fire information officer for the British Columbia Forest Fire Service.
Forest fires are also disrupting travel.
Highway 1 through the Fraser Canyon remains closed due to the Brunswick Complex, and Highway 3 through Manning Park is closed due to the Norway Creek wildfire.
The Coquihalla Highway remains the only highway connecting the Lower Mainland and the interior. A truck fire near Kamloops closed traffic in the southbound lanes for some time Thursday afternoon.
Hot, dry weather and stronger winds are forecast to continue, with wildfire officials warning the threat is far from over.
Police and fire crews are again calling on anyone under evacuation orders to leave the city immediately, saying any remaining residents could interfere with the firefighting efforts.
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