Mount McLean Fire
Location: 4 km NW of Lillooet, BC
Specific Location: NE of Seton Lake ~Lat 50° 42´ 14″, ~Lon 122° 03´ 44″
Date of Origin: 07/22/2009 (discovery date)
Cause: Lightning
Situation as of 08/14/2009 10:30 am
Personnel: 52 fire fighters, 3 helicopters, 3 heavy equipment
Size: 3,696 hectares
Percent contained: 70%
Previous evacuations have been rescinded. All evacuation alerts and orders have been rescinded.
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Situation as of 08/11/2009 7:30 pm
Personnel: 81 fire fighters, 10 helicopters, 5 heavy equipment
Size: 3,802 hectares
Percent contained: 50%
The Evacuation Order has been downgraded to an Evacuation Alert. Some fire activity in a couple of spots, will action with helicopters.
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Situation as of 08/05/2009 6:00 pm
Personnel: 41 fire fighters, 14 helicopters, 19 heavy equipment
Size: 3,802 hectares
Percent contained: 0%
Burn off was successful yesterday. There is almost no fuel left between the hillside and the town.
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Situation as of 08/03/2009 5:00 pm
Personnel: 39 fire fighters, 15 helicopters, 19 heavy equipment, 17 structure protection specialists, 45 support staff.
Size: 3,333 hectares
Percent contained: 0%
Evacuation order issued to the Bridge River Indian Band. Other evacuation orders are in place for the west side of the Fraser River and it has been extended to Kayoosh First Nations and Bridge River. An evacuation order applies for the Northeast shore of Seton Lake. The evacuation alert has been extended to the entire Lillooet District. All previous evacuation alerts still apply.
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Situation as of 08/02/2009 11:00 am
Personnel: 59 fire fighters, 15 helicopters, 19 heavy equipment, 17 structure protection specialists, 45 support staff.
Size: 2,650 hectares
Percent contained: 0%
The fire now within 1 km of Lillooet. An evacuation order applies for the Northeast shore of Seton Lake. The evacuation alert has been extended to the entire Lillooet District.
Building line with crews and heavy machinery on the E flank above Lillooet and well as on the W flank. Helicopters are bucketing water and laying retardant lines along the W and SE flanks. Burn-off activities will occur when and where possible.
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Situation as of 07/29/2009 9:00 pm
Personnel: 53 fire fighters, 40 support personnel, 17 structural protection staff, nine pieces of heavy equipment, and 15 helicopters.
Size: 1,800 hectares
Percent contained: 0%
The fire has grown in the direction of Shalalth/Seton Portage.
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Situation as of 07/28/2009 7:00 pm
Personnel: 53 fire fighters, 40 support personnel, 17 structural protection staff, nine pieces of heavy equipment, and 15 helicopters.
Size: 1,060 hectares
Percent contained: 0%
Heavy lightning in the area has produced additional fires, most of which have been actioned or assessed by the Lillooet Fire Zone. Helicopters are being shared from this fire to provide support to these new fires as needed.
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Situation as of 07/27/2009 2:00 pm
Personnel: ~150
Size: 1,000 hectares
Percent contained: 0%
Evacuation order was issued by the Squamish-Lillooet Regional District for properties on the NE shore of Seton Lake. 57 fire fighters, 40 support personnel, six structure protection staff, nine pieces of heavy equipment, and 14 helicopters. A sky crane helicopter, with a bucking capacity of approximately 1400 gallons, will join the fleet today.
