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Sparks Lake fire edges closer to city boundary KAMLOOPS THIS WEEK
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The RCMP detachment was among dozens of buildings destroyed in the June 30 fire in Lytton. KTW and other media toured the devastation with the TNRD. STORY, AND PHOTOS, PAGES A12/A13
Janet Michael has been living “on a knife’s edge” as the Sparks Lake wildfire moves toward her home. On Tuesday, the ThompsonNicola Regional District issued an evacuation order for 119 properties between Savona to the west, Frederick to the east and Red Lake to the north as wildfire activity in the vicinity is threatening structures. Michael, who lives southeast of Red Lake on Meadow Road, told KTW she and her boyfriend are packed and ready to leave, but were waiting for her cat to show up before heading out. Until now, the area has been on evacuation alert, Michael said, noting she was prepared to leave, but didn’t believe an evacuation order would come to fruition. “And now I’m going and it’s really stressful and really sad,” Michael said, noting her garden and fruit trees may
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be dead by the time she can return. “It’s so dry up here. I’ve never seen anything like it. It’s definitely a drought,” she said. Michael will stay at her boyfriend’s place in Kamloops. “The time between the alert and when you actually get the evacuation, that’s kind of stressful,” Michael said. She estimated there are about 35 residences in her subdivision under evacuation order, all of which, including her own, are acreages. She said while some residents left earlier, and others are going now, some of her neighbours are not planning to leave. “But I’m going to go because it’s too stressful to stay when you know the fire is headed your way,” Michael said. According to the BC Wildfire Service, the blaze has now burned to the west side of Red Lake. See FIRE, A6
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