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The Elephant Hill wildfire () is now pegged at 56,200 hectares and is considered 30 per cent contained, but on its north flank the fight is far from over.
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Birkner warns residents that it is still a volatile situation in the Loon Lake area and there is no current estimate on when crews can get a handle on that part of the blaze.
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Earlier this week the Thompson-Nicola Regional District announced a Rapid Damage Assessment Team had completed its damage assessment of properties at Loon Lake due to the Elephant Hill fire.
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Over the last few days the team has worked to inform residents on whether or not they have lost their homes.
On the Loon Lake Facebook group, residents have been sharing the news with each other and consoling one another over the loss of their homes, decades-old cabins and resorts.
Given the devastation in the region, the Loon Lake community is already vowing to work together and rebuild. that has already raised more than $2,000.
Yesterday, Alan Lockmuller posted the video above. It was taken on July 14 as he evacuated the area.
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Evacuation orders were downgraded to an alert for the Clinton Corridor and partially for some areas of Cache Creek north, Hihium Lake, Loon Lake and the area east of Clinton.
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The new alert includes all properties west of Highway 97 that were previously on an evacuation order and properties immediately bordering the east side of the highway that were previously on evacuation order.
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