Three wildfire evacuation alerts in the Peace River region have been lifted, after firefighters held the West Kiskatinaw Wildfire.
The alerts were for the District of Tumbler Ridge, home to roughly 2,400 people in northeast B.C., as well as Peavine Creek and the West Kiskatinaw River.
The West Kiskatinaw Wildfire started June 6 and eventually led to evacuation orders in all three areas.
Residents of Tumbler Ridge and Peavine Creek were ordered to evacuate their homes on June 8. Although the evacuation orders were lifted on June 15 and people were allowed to return, authorities implemented evacuation alerts on that same day.
Residents of West Kiskatinaw River were ordered to evacuate on June
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