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Entire Lillooet District Evacuated, Fire Uncontained

by Yuliya Talmazan | August 3, 2009 at 02:53 pm

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On Sunday night, over 2,000 Lillooet residents were evacuated on short notice, but the fire continues to spread. Today, the entire Lillooet District was evacuated. No structures have been lost overnight. The fire started nearly two weeks ago, but continuous efforts of firefighters to extinguish the fire remain unsuccessful.

The Mount McLean fire raging near Lillooet, B.C., took a dangerous turn for the worse Sunday night, forcing more than 2,000 residents to be evacuated on short notice.

The fire was reported on July 22, and has since spread across more than 26 square kilometres. Due to the rapid spread of the fire, the entire Lillooet District and the T'it'q'et and Bridge River reserves have

Now, despite nearly two weeks of hard work by 60 firefighters, aided by 15 helicopters and 13 pieces of heavy machinery, the fire is no longer considered contained on any side.

Previous coverage is available here.