The Great Beaver Lake wildland interface fire has grown and the Regional District of Fraser-Fort George is upgrading the evacuation alert to an evacuation order.
This evacuation order covers a larger area of Electoral Area ‘G’ and includes Great Beaver Lake, Tureen Lake, Teardrop Lake and Bugle Lake and three provincial recreation sites. The evacuation order area is shown on the attached map. The 500 Road (Boot) through this area remains open for evacuation traffic only.
Anyone in the evacuation order area must leave immediately.
Evacuation Support Services may be available for residents of the evacuation order area. Please contact the Regional District of Fraser-Fort George at 250-960-4400 or 1-800-667-1959 for assistance.
For more information on what happens in an evacuation, visit www.gov.bc.ca\preparedbc. For updates on the status of the wildfire, visit www.bcwildfire.ca
Updates on the status of this evacuation order will be posted on the Regional District’s website (www.rdffg.bc.ca) and Facebook page.