Camsell Lake fire triggers evacuation order
PRINCE GEORGE — The Regional District of Bulkley-Nechako, Yekooche First Nation and BC Parks have issued an evacuation order for the Camsell Lake fire west of Fort St. James.
The BC Wildfire Service say the fire has grown from 10 hectares on Sunday to just over 188 hectares today.
The order stretches from the Northern portion of Stuart Lake from Camsell Lake FSR to the northern point of Stuart Lake including a portion of Rubyrock Lake Provincial Park south to Babine Lake including Cunningham Lake, Camsell Lake, and Whitefish Lake, including a portion of Sutherland River Park located in Electoral Area ‘C’ (Fort St. James Rural).
This includes the following Yekooche First Nation IR’s: Nan-Tl’at 13, Ye Koos Lee 13, Ye Koo Che 3, and Ucausley 16. See the attached map.