Residents of the small British Columbia village of Clinton are set to return home as wildfire evacuation orders are downgraded to alerts.
As of 8 a.m., the changeover means those who evacuated due to the Pear Lake and Fiftynine Creek wildfires can return home.
Emergency officials caution the downgrade is only partial, with approximately 373 properties seeing the change.
This includes Clinton-Pavillion Road from the village’s southwest boundary to east of the Kelly Lake substation, Highway 97 from Loon Lake Road to Clinton’s southern boundary, and Highway 97 from Clinton’s northeast boundary to 76 Mile Frontage Road.
Other downgrades are for Big…
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