We are signing off for the evening. We will be monitoring our Facebook page starting at 8:30 tomorrow morning.

The Elephant Hill wildfire continues to pose an imminent threat to people and property in the Tranquille Valley and Hat Creek areas resulting in the need to issue an Evacuation Alert as identified on the attached map. For more details go to: http://bit.ly/2vqnrdu

The Elephant Hill wildfire is threatening properties in the Deadman Vidette area within Electoral Areas “E”, “I” and “J”. Because of the potential danger to life and health, the Thompson-Nicola Regional District has ordered everyone to evacuate the following properties immediately: • 6141, 6228, 6288, 6511 Ashcroft Rd • 7888, 8396 Clinton-Upper Loon Lake FSR • 5910 Deadman-Cache Creek Rd • 3653 to 10020 Deadman-Vidette Rd • 2373, 4361, 5105, 5765, 6657, 6781, 6845, 6945 Trans-Canada Hwy For more details go to: http://bit.ly/2hwtlEb

AUG 4 - Info Meeting (live streamed below) PLEASE ASK QUESTIONS HERE.

***Important note to everyone watching our live feed.*** Please do NOT post your questions on the feed itself. Instead, post your questions on the post that says "ASK QUESTIONS HERE." We will do our best to ask your questions if they're not already being covered. Finally, please note that the live feed may experience disruptions and it will automatically end after one hour (this is an automatic Facebook setting). However, we will get it up and running as quickly as possible. We appreciate your patience.

The Hanceville wildfire is threatening properties in Electoral Area “E” near Empire Valley Rd. Because of the potential danger to life and health, the Thompson-Nicola Regional District has ordered everyone at 7129 and 7140 Empire Valley Road to evacuate. Specific instructions on a safe route for evacuation and where support services will be provided is available at: http://bit.ly/2v4B15u

Off-road vehicle ban just announced.

The Elephant Hill wildfire continues to threaten properties along Hwy 99 within Electoral Area “I”. Because of the potential danger to life and health, the Thompson-Nicola Regional District has ordered everyone to evacuate the following properties immediately: • 3265, 3269, 3419 Hwy 97 • 1468 Hwy 99 • 3515, 3540 Jackson Rd Full details are available at: http://bit.ly/2vxgoiM

We are signing off for the evening and will be monitoring social media starting tomorrow, at 8:30 am. Please note: A public information meeting will take place at the Sagebrush Theatre (Kamloops) tomorrow evening at 5 pm. It will also be live streamed on Facebook.