Area Under Evacuation Alert Expanded

Sunday, June 20, 2010 08:18 PM

Greer Creek fire, photo courtesy B.C. Ministry of Forests and Range

Prince George, B.C. – The Regional District of Bulkley Nechako has expanded the evacuation alert for residents in the path of the Greer Creek fire which has already grown to 3000 hectares in size.

The expanded Alert affects the following geographic area: From the 18.5 km mark of Kenny Dam Road south to Greer Creek, including Corkscrew Road, Edwards Road, York Drive, Surprise Drive and Szanz Drive, Greer Valley Road, Brophy Road, and the Kluskus Forest Service Road.

For more information contact: Regional District of Bulkley-Nechako: 250-692-9411 or 250-692-6044.

Additional firefighters and wildfire management personnel are en route to assist with fire suppression efforts on the Greer Creek fire, located 30 kilometres south-west of Vanderhoof.

Standing dead trees, high temperatures and strong winds are contributing to aggressive fire behaviour.

Sixty firefighters are currently working to contain the fire, supported by three helicopters bucketing water and airtankers dropping retardant as needed. A specialized incident management team is en route to assume control over fire suppression operations.

The fire danger rating is currently high throughout most of the Prince George Fire Centre, with areas of extreme in the Peace region.

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Posted on Sunday, June 20, 2010 08:18 PM in News by 250 News

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Comments

Posted by: RUEZ on June 20 2010 8:25 PM

As someone has already pointed out, that is pine beetle kill central.

Posted by: Dragonmaster on June 20 2010 9:23 PM

Where isn't it Pine beetle kill central?

Posted by: gus on June 20 2010 10:36 PM

west of here ... north of here .....

Posted by: gus on June 20 2010 10:37 PM

Actually mostly where there are/were no pine growing ... :-)

Posted by: gitterdun on June 20 2010 10:50 PM

Bear Lake is Day 3 Extreme fire hazard. To put it in perspective, the fire area was on Day 2 Moderate on Friday when the fire started. They are now Day 2 High. PG has been on high for at least 6 days now.

We really need a good rain!

Posted by: gus on June 20 2010 11:03 PM

Check out the linked stories.

The had an AQI of 8. So far ours is 4.

http://www.cbc.ca/canada/story/2010/06/01/f-busch-healtheffects-smoke-smog.html

http://www.thestar.com/news/canada/article/816792--quebec-forest-fires-affect-air-quality-in-ontario

It states that an average of one third of all PM2.5 emissions in Canada come from forest fires. Of course, most do not affect cities to any great amount.

Posted by: Andyfreeze on June 21 2010 12:41 AM

Saw the fire this morning heading west and then again this evening coming back.
The smoke on the highway was very bad,enough to really burn the eyes.
It is a pretty big fire and I was suprised how far it had moved since this morning.
Looked like it was lot closer to the highway.
This is a BIG fire!

Posted by: Andyfreeze on June 21 2010 8:26 AM

Actually,I meant yesterday!
It's much bigger today!
Hopefully,this is not the BIG one that everybody has been dreading!
Conditions in that area are VERY bad!

Posted by: DPJ on June 21 2010 9:33 AM

Woke up in PG to the smell of smoke. Must have grown alot. Need another rain shower like last night to clear it up. the smoke haze reminds me of cities in China. Like this (other pollutants) every day.

Posted by: highlanderpg on June 21 2010 10:39 AM

I feel bad for the resorts out that way, with a tourist season already showing signs of slowing due to the recession in the states, money is not going to be easy to come by. add in a burnt forest or a burnt resort to have to repair I would imagine makes for a pretty sad summer.