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French Bar Creek wildfire — Thompson-Nicola region (2026)

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Coverage of the French Bar Creek wildfire growing to over 11,000 hectares near Lillooet, including evacuation orders and alerts from the Thompson-Nicola Regional District, impacts on Electoral Area E, and ongoing fire behaviour updates.

Coverage Timeline

  1. Aug 4 Kamloops fire danger expected to rise as scope of long-weekend losses emerges ↗ Radio NL details
  2. Aug 2 TNRD expands Evacuation Order for French Bar Creek fire ↗ CFJC Today details
  3. Aug 1 Cariboo-Chilcotin MLA calling for state of emergency in response to wildfires ↗ CFJC Today details
  4. New evacuation measures enacted for Lillooet-area wildfire ↗ CFJC Today details
  5. Jul 31 Danger from month-old Lillooet-area wildfire creeps into TNRD; SLRD expands alerts ↗ CFJC Today details
  6. Jul 29 Public Information Meeting on Wildfires in the TNRD – July 29, 2026 ↗ TNRD details
  7. Jul 26 Cariboo Regional District adds to evacuation orders for French Bar Creek fire ↗ CFJC Today details
  8. Jul 25 Village of Clinton stills standing with some structure losses, but wildfire still looms ↗ CFJC Today details
  9. Jul 23 Evacuation order expands near French Bar Creek wildfire ↗ CFJC Today details
  10. Jul 22 Notice: Public Information Meeting for Fiftynine Creek Wildfire – July 23, 2026 ↗ TNRD details
  11. Evacuees from Boston Bar flee nearby wildfires to Kamloops ↗ CFJC Today details
  12. City of Kamloops ↗ City of Kamloops details
  13. Jul 20 Fire intensity to increase, but smoke to shift as blazes surrounding Kamloops expand ↗ Radio NL details
  14. Jul 18 Pear Lake wildfire prompts evacuation alert ↗ CFJC Today details
  15. French Bar Creek wildfire grows past 11,000 hectares, prompting expanded evacuation measures ↗ CFJC Today details

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Radio NL

CFJC Today

TNRD

City of Kamloops

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