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TNRD lifts evacuation order for Cache Creek to Clinton area

Check Thompson-Nicola Regional District website for map and addresses
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Thompson-Nicola Regional District announced on Tuesday morning that, while the Elephant Hill Fire remains very active and continues to grow and burn out of control, the imminent threat posed by this fire has diminished to the point that residents who live north of Cache Creek up to and including the Village of Clinton and some areas north, can return to their homes effective 4:00 p.m. on Aug. 15.

This includes residents that were on evacuation order along the Highway 97 and Highway 99 corridors. Maps showing the area where the order has been downgraded to alert, plus a list of addresses of properties now downgraded from evacuation order to alert are posted on the tnrd.ca website.

Checkpoints will remain in place on roadways leading into this area until the evacuation order is lifted at 4:00 p.m. When the order is lifted at 4:00 p.m., it would be appreciated if travel is limited to local traffic only in the Highway 97 and 99 corridors to reduce traffic congestion for residents returning home.

Further details, including a list of addresses that are now down to Evacuation Alert, are available on the tnrd.ca website.