Large fire spurs evacuation orders in far northern B.C.
The Little Blue River fire, first spotted Thursday, July 6, is now estimated at 30,000 hectares in size.The BC Wildfire Service has listed the fire as out of control and is keeping it under close observation.
“We’re monitoring the fire. It is very large and we will not be able to put it out given its location,” said Casda Thomas from the service’s Northwest Fire Centre. In the meantime, the provincial government this afternoon declared a state of emergency for the Stikine region in the far northwestern portion of B.C.
Elsewhere, regional districts of local governments bring in states of emergency but that job falls to the provincial government in the Stikine because there is no organized form of government in the vast and remote territory.Good Hope Lake is home to the Dease River First Nation and Lower Post has members of the Daylu Dena Council living there.Be Among The First To Know
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