Fire information officer Rachel Witt is wondering why word of structures affected by the Finlay Creek fire is just now spreading.
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B.C. Wildfire Service does have structural protection personnel working down by Garnett Lake, she said.
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There have been other, false, reports on social media like the Kettle Valley Steam Railway buildings being burnt, or all of Summerland being under an evacuation order.
Witt said it香蕉视频直播檚 understandable that people might get confused, given how busy this fire season has been, and how anxious people can get looking at the valley skies being blanketed by smoke for days on end, with a dim red sun shining through.
The amount of information grows daily, including many agencies besides B.C. Wildfire trying to get information out to their stakeholders, from regional districts to First Nations.
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