Shuswap Your Classified Connection / Vol. 26 No. 31 July 24, 2015
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As smoke billows over Falkland, making residents nervous, crews are working overtime to battle the stubborn Bolean Lake Fire. Referred to as the Bolean Lake Fire, the fire is actually two fires. The first fire above Chase-Falkland Road is believed to have been caused by lightning. An ember from the original fire sparked a second blaze closer to Bolean Lake. As of Wednesday afternoon the fire closer to Chase Creek Road was approximately 183 hectares. And the fire on a plateau closer to Bolean
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Lake had grown to 165 hectares. It is burning just five kilometres northwest of Falkland and 22 kilometres southwest of Salmon Arm. “What you see is only part of what we’re dealing with,” said Derek Williams, incident commander with B.C. Wildfire Service. The evacuation order for Bolean Lake Lodge remains in effect, as well as an evacuation alert for 24 properties. “The good news is that the lodge that is in the area is not threatened at this time,” said fire information officer Navi Saini. Structural Protection Units are
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on scene but not yet needed for the Bolean Lake blaze. Still, with the memory of the 2003 Whispering Pines wildfire devastation, residents are concerned. “Some people are a little scared,” said Falkland Fire Department Deputy Chief Neil Bourgh, as firefighters have been speaking to residents and trying to ease concerns. “There’s obviously some anxiety in the community,” said Ryan Nitchie, information officer for the Shuswap Emergency Program. “Many of the residents who are on the evacuation alert have been moving horses and cattle just as a precautionary measure.”
Columbia Shuswap Regional District Area D director Rene Talbot says the biggest issue is not knowing. “Some of the flames were 300, 400, 500 feet in the air and that’s what really worries people when they see that, because they don’t know,” said Talbot. “People are a little worried and some of them are seniors and they don’t move very quick.” Salmon Arm residents have no cause for alarm despite continuing See Fire danger on page 3
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