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Residents back home after evacuations in Williams Lake, B.C.
WILLIAMS LAKE, BRITISH COLUMBIA, CANADA — A fast-moving wildfire on the edge of the City of Williams Lake in British Columbia’s central Interior triggered evacuations as water bombers swooped low over the community over the weekend.
But the director of the community’s emergency operations centre says residents have since been told they can go home after the tactical evacuations conducted by Mounties on Sunday.
Rob Warnock says in video posted to the city’s website last night that those homes are subject to an evacuation alert, meaning residents must be ready to leave again quickly.
The alert spans properties along Mackenzie Ave., Country Club Boulevard., Fairview Drive, Woodland Drive, Westridge Drive, as well as Tolko’s Lakeview Mill.