B.C. Wildfires 2018: Fire destroys 27 structures in Telegraph Creek
Tuesday, August 7, 2018
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The fire has destroyed 27 structures in the area of Telegraph Creek, representing 30 to 45 percent of the buildings in the small community Northwest of British Columbia, according to the head of the local First Nations.
Team leader Tahltan Rick McLean said in a video posted to Facebook on Tuesday that the city has suffered significant damage, but fortunately there are lives that are lost.
"You know what, that is the ... is our society. Stay tough, we will rely on each other and we will try to continue to fight against the best that we can, "says McLean, in an emotional speech.
They do not know the structure demolished, McLean said in a video shot at Dease Lake Community Hall on Thursday night and placed in a Facebook group created to distribute information about the fire.
Rick Boehm, an emergency program Coordinator at the Kitimat-Stikine regional district, said two major fires in Telegraph was on the evening of Tuesday may be combined to make 150 square kilometres in a blaze.
He and McLean both say 27 structures have been lost to the fire.
A spokesman in the State after rice BC Heather Service says two fires in the area have been running parallel and he did not get the information they have combined on Tuesday.
Part of the structure affected only damaged, not destroyed, "he said again.
The entire community of Telegraph Creek remained under evacuation orders. Residents living near Dease Lake were told on Tuesday to be ready to go at a moments notice, said Boehm.
Boehm, who is also the head of the Moscow Fire Department, said heavy smoke was restricting air craft in and out of the fire. Employees based on protecting what they can even equipment operators will pave the way to allow the equipment needs to sign in again, he said.
More than 460 fire burning across the province and the Interior of B.C. spokesman after Kyla Fraser Service says temperatures soared replacing Flash is crashing as a new challenge.
Around 50 fire burning North-Western b.c., including the 78 square kilometer fire that forced the transfer of Telegraph Creek and Dease Lake cut off Highway 51.
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