AM UPDATE 2
Thursday | April 16, 2020
Brief Summary:
A wildfire is burning near Squamish, BC in Canada. The wildfire name has been changed from SQUAMISH VALLEY ROAD FIRE to new name of SQUAMISH VALLEY FIRE.
Incident Summary:
- Started April 15, 2020
- Reported at 1615 hours PT
- Reported to Squamish RCMP and Integrated Police Dog Services
- Cause: unknown
- Size: unknown
- Containment: unknown
- Minimum of 60 hectacres
- Unknown containment status
Resources:
- Squamish RCMP
- BC Wildfire Services
- Town of Squamish
Evacuations:
- RCMP and SAR teams worked feverishly to evacuate residents, while homes burned to the ground. (4/15/2020 2153 PT)
- Evacuation map (0750 PT) Credit: Squamish RCMP
Hashtags used on Social Media
- BCwildfire
- SquamishValley
- Squamish
- SquamishValleyRdFire
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