Evacuation order rescinded for Battleship Mountain wildfire near Hudson’s Hope, B.C.
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The mayor of Hudson’s Hope, a community of about 1,000, said residents are ‘glad to come home, to homes.’
An evacuation order for B.C.’s largest wildfire of the year has been rescinded.
Burning in rugged terrain in the northeast corner of the province, the Battleship Mountain wildfire is currently sized at 30,242 hectares.
The fire’s eastern edge is around four km from the W.A.C. Bennett dam and eight km from the small community of Hudson’s Hope, which was ordered to evacuate on Sept. 10.
That order, issued by the Peace River Regional District, was terminated on Saturday morning, much to the relief of the municipality of 1,000, who dispersed to nearby communities, including Fort St. John.
“About 11 o’clock this morning, we got the news that the evacuation order had been rescinded,” said the mayor of Hudson’s Hope, Dave Heiberg.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 (town).”
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.”