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Metro Vancouver Community of Lions Bay Issues Evacuation Alert Due to Wildfire
About 30 properties are under alert as crews battle a wildfire near Mount Unnecessary and search teams help evacuate hikers.
- On Sunday at 9 p.m., The Village of Lions Bay issued an evacuation alert for about 30 properties on Oceanview and Kelvin Grove roads, upslope from Highway 99, as a wildfire burns out of control southeast of the community.
- A rare and intense thunderstorm delivered some 7,000 lightning strikes across the province over the weekend, sparking dozens of new fires. Environment Canada reported nearly 2,000 strikes between Saturday night and Sunday morning, disrupting operations at Vancouver International Airport.
- Supported by Metro Vancouver and West Vancouver, The BCWS is responding to the fire with ground and air crews. Lions Bay Search and Rescue teams were tasked Sunday to help evacuate hikers from Mount Unnecessary and the Erin Moore trails.
- As of Monday morning, 184 active wildfires are burning across the province, with about 35 per cent classified as out of control. Smoke from the fire may be visible from the Sea-to-Sky Highway.
- The BCWS warned that "holdover fires" could emerge where lightning strikes smoulder in the underbrush before igniting in warmer temperatures. The service reported about 60 new fires started in the last 24 hours.
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Evacuation alert issued due to wildfire in Lions Bay, B.C.
The residents of more than two-dozen properties in the community of Lions Bay along B.C.’s Sea to Sky Highway have been told they need to be ready to evacuate at a moment’s notice due to a small wildfire that sparked Sunday.
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Metro Vancouver community of Lions Bay issues evacuation alert due to wildfire
LIONS BAY - A community in the northern coastal area of Metro Vancouver has issued an evacuation alert as a lightning storm over the weekend touched off new wildfires across
·Toronto, Canada
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