![]() ![]() The helicopter stayed there to provide support while an airtanker arrived to drop the retardant.įrom what the crew could tell when it flew over and mapped the Gatcho Lake Fire at 800 hectares Tuesday, part of the Gatcho Complex Fire had moved toward the lodge, but not the entire complex fire. Tuesday after the Tolands called the fire centre earlier in the afternoon a helicopter was sent to investigate, said Forest Tower, a fire information officer with the Prince George Fire Centre stationed in Vanderhoof. It is going to be a long stressful night.” “Hopefully our resort is still here in the morning. ”Now we are praying as the latest news is the fire’s only about a mile away.”Īn airtanker dropped retardant on their property Tuesday afternoon and they were very grateful, she noted. ![]() “We weren’t even on evacuation alert,” Jennifer said through Facebook messenger Tuesday afternoon. On Monday, July 10, Eliguk Lake Lodge owners Jennifer and Arön Toland said the Gatcho Complex Fire was about 10 km west of them and they were very worried. Owners of a wilderness lodge in the West Chilcotin are packing food and escaping to a barge on a lake because the Gatcho Lake fire has moved much closer to them. ![]()
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