Two more areas have been put on evacuation alert in the Regional District of Central Kootenay.
· All of Syringa Provincial Park and southeast along Lower Arrow Lake to the Hugh Keenleyside Dam in Robson. The alert covers a large area and includes 26 residential addresses—including the Waterfront at Arrow Lake which has 57 units—and a popular campground with approximately 100 camp sites.
· The area from south of Deer Park at Cayuse Creek, northwest along the lake to the end of Broadwater Road, and north to the end of Deer Creek Forest Service Road. The alert covers 77 residential addresses.
The North of Syringa Park fire is now at an estimated 419 hectares in size and is considered a Fire of Note by the BC Wildfire Service. The Deer Creek fire has grown to 225 hectares. Both were discovered on August 11.
On the opposite shore of Lower Arrow Lake, the Bulldog Mountain wildfire (formerly the South of Renata Creek wildfire) is currently estimated at 605 hectares. The evacuation alert from Renata to Shields is still in effect.
Those under evacuation alert should be prepared to leave at a moments notice.
For more details on the evacuation alerts, click here. For more information on the wildfires, click here.
