Evacuation orders for 14 properties near Klinaklini Lake and 47 properties in the Shag Creek area have been downgraded to alerts.
The Cariboo Regional District made the announcement Monday, noting residents and seasonal property owners are allowed to return there, but said wildfires and firefighting activities continue in the area.
In the Shag Creek area, residents should be aware there may be danger trees, ash pits or other hazards in wildfire affected areas.
For several weeks, the Klinaklini wildfire has been part of the Tweedsmuir Complex which in total measures 301,549 hectares. It is still zero per cent contained, as the response is modified.
Read more: Tweedsmuir Complex fire an estimated 289,000 hectares
Coastal Fire Centre information officer Dorothe Jakobsen said Monday there had been no significant growth in size of the complex fire in more than a week.
“For the Klinaklini fire we included the Klinaklini Lake, Monarch Mountain and Wilderness Lake wildfires,” Jakobsen said. “The properties are all intact and no structures were lost, that I’m aware of.”
CRD communications manager Emily Epp said throughout the entire region, no homes were lost to wildfires so far, but three structures were lost in the northwest section of the region.
Jakobsen said presently there are 16 firefighters, six single resources, two helicopters, heavy equipment and tree fallers on the Tweedsmuir Complex fire.
“The fire activity along the edge is mostly rank one, which is low intensity and rank two, which is smoldering ground,” Jakobsen said. “The cold weather and rain definitely helps. We got up to 3.2 millimetres of rain in the last 24 hours.”
Rain and cooler temperatures have reduced the wildfire risk in most parts of the province, so the #BCWildfire Service has rescinded campfire bans in specific regions effective at noon (Pacific Time) on Friday, Sept. 7, 2018. More info: https://t.co/LzqN3jmSTO
— BC Wildfire Service (@BCGovFireInfo) September 7, 2018
Since the areas remain on evacuation alert, the CRD said residents or recreational users must be prepared in case the area receives a future evacuation order on short notice.
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