“About 11 o’clock this morning, we got the news that the evacuation order had been rescinded,” said the mayor of Hudson’s Hope, Dave Heiberg. “So people are making plans to re-enter .”
Originally, the evacuation order only affected a rural part of Hudson’s Hope, though the community was later added that day.While in Fort St. John, Heiberg said he talked to many evacuated residents, “and every single one of them was appreciative of what emergency operations and BC Wildfire were doing. And they were very appreciative of what emergency services had done for us in Fort St. John.”Convair air tankers to retire after B.C.
A BCWS spokesperson called that a great statistic, adding that initial attack crews have been extremely successful this year in knocking down fires.