Wildfire evacuees from Yekooche village northwest of Fort St.James forced living in Prince George motels
Victoria Joseph didn’t have much time to pack when she got the order came last Tuesday night to evacuate their fire-threatened village of Yekooche First Nation, about 80 kilometres northwest of Fort St. James.
The Whitefish Lake fire grew to 61 hectares and 12 men from the village stayed behind to build a fire guard. The BC Wildfire Service responded with a first-attack crew, resources to bring in heavy equipment and has mobilized a structure protection unit to pour water on the buildings at Yehooche. Joseph shares her house in Yekooche with two nieces and two nephews and with her own adult children she’s taken on the task of trying to keep her 15 grandchildren entertained, living four or five to a room at the Camelot Motel. They’ve been keeping cool in the motel pool and on Sunday went to the Prince George Aquatic Centre.
“We want to go home because we live in an isolated area and being out here is noisy. But they’re taking it good, it’s just boring, because they’re used to freedom. This hotel has been pretty good for us. But they’re getting tired of eating restaurant food, we’re used to having a home-cooked meal and moose meat.”
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