Weeks of Worry Ease as Alerts Lift for Two BC Wildfires Outside Kamloops, Lillooet

Residents in an area south of Kamloops can relax as all evacuation orders and alerts related to a nearby fire have ended

Trees burned by the Bush Creek East Wildfire are seen above Little Shuswap Lake in Squilax, B.C., on Sept. 11, 2023. The Canadian Press/Darryl Dyck

As British Columbia awaits an update due later today on fire, drought and flood conditions, residents in an area south of Kamloops can relax as all evacuation orders and alerts related to a nearby fire have ended.

The Thompson-Nicola Regional District has issued the “all clear” to residents affected by the Ross Moore Lake fire which was sparked by lightning nine weeks ago and scorched nearly 114 square kilometres before being held.