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No word on return for Clinton, B.C., residents as fire burns watershed, power lines
Officials say the blaze has grown to about 670 square kilometres, and residents who lost buildings will be contacted as hot, dry weather continues.
- The Pear Lake wildfire, the province's largest active fire at about 732 square kilometres near Clinton, has destroyed multiple properties and forced roughly 100 residents from Stswecem'c Xget'tem First Nation to evacuate.
- B.C. Wildfire Service incident commander Bryce Moreira authorized tactical burns Thursday near Highway 97 to establish control lines and secure the Village of Clinton for resident returns.
- Kukpi7 Hank Adams, chief of Stswecem'c Xget'tem First Nation, said "This is the first time we've had to actually evacuate the whole community" to CBC's Radio West, underscoring the unprecedented scale of displacement.
- Mayor Roland Stanke told CBC's Radio West he is "definitely opposed" to the burn plan, citing unpredictable wind shifts and volatile fire behaviour near the village.
- Officials report 129 wildfires burning across the province as of Thursday, with drought-stricken fuels driving roughly 2,210 square kilometres burned since April, intensifying wildfire risks across B.C.
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Winnipeg Free Press+17 Reposted by 17 other sources
Burned chimney all that remains of woman's home after wildfire near Clinton, B.C.
CLINTON, BRITISH COLUMBIA - A resident from British Columbia's Cariboo region says there’s nothing left around her property on Six Mile Lake other than her burnt-out chimney stack and her neighbour’s propane tank.
·Winnipeg, Canada
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The Toronto Star+3 Reposted by 3 other sources
No word on return for Clinton, B.C., residents as fire burns watershed, power lines
The chair of the board in British Columbia's fire-stricken Thompson-Nicola Regional District says that for a lot of people, the wildfires burning in the area will be "one of the
·Toronto, Canada
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No word on return for Clinton, BC, residents as fire burns watershed, power lines
Gregg Jackson, a senior field operations manager with BC Hydro, said the fire has caused "unprecedented damage" to the transmission system in the region, with hundreds of power structures destroyed, including substations and high-voltage lines.
·Vancouver, Canada
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Total News Sources27
Leaning Left20Leaning Right0Center6Last UpdatedBias Distribution77% Left
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C 23%
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