Meeting Set for Vanderhoof to Talk About Wildfire

Tuesday, June 22, 2010 03:59 AM

Vanderhoof, B.C. – A community meeting has been set for tomorrow night at the Friendship Centre in Vanderhoof, to answer questions about the Greer Creek fire.

The blaze is now 5200 hectares in size and there are about 160 firefighters on scene trying to contain it.

High winds and dead standing beetle killed trees have combined to create a very difficult fire fighting task although crews have been making some progress.

An evacuation alert remains in place for people in about 30 homes south west of Vanderhoof , south of the 18.5 km mark of Kenny Dam Road to Greer Creek, including the area south to the end of Corkscrew Road, Edwards Road, York Drive, Surprise Drive, Szanz Drive, Brophy Road and the Kluskus Forest Service Road.

The meeting will start at 7 p.m. tomorrow evening. Experts will be on hand to answer questions.

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Posted on Tuesday, June 22, 2010 03:59 AM in News by 250 News

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Comments

Posted by: gus on June 22 2010 7:57 AM

I noticed that there is no PM monitoring in Vanderhoof. I wonder what the levels are like there? Perhaps much of the smoke is bypassing them. Quesnel seems to be affected somewhat.

Maybe there will be more forest sanitation work around communities such as Vanderhoof.

Posted by: Harbinger on June 22 2010 3:23 PM

Maybe some one will bring up the topic about nasty wood stoves if this meeting gets boring.

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