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Condos evacuated after mudslide in Campbell River

No cars damaged when parkades come crashing down at Island Highway buildings
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The Campbell River Fire Department was on the scene of a mudslide behind 738 South Island Highway in the evening on Tuesday, Jan. 17, 2023. The building and ones adjacent to it were evacuated. Photo by Alistair Taylor/Campbell River Mirror

A mudslide occurred behind Campbell River condominiums Tuesday evening.

Emergency crews were alerted of the slide which occurred in the 700 block of the South Island Highway, at approximately 7:45 p.m. The extent of the damage is unknown at this time. A row of condos sit at the foot of a ridge that runs along the Island Highway adjacent to Discovery Passage on Campbell RiverB次元官网网址檚 foreshore. Slides have occurred on the hillside in the past.

B次元官网网址淎 pair of parkades came down in the back. It is a mess,B次元官网网址 said Fireman Scott Kratzmann of Campbell River Fire Dept. B次元官网网址淪lides occur in BC a few times a year.B次元官网网址

All buildings adjacent to Hillside Place, including Beachwood Manor, were evacuated.

B次元官网网址淎n EOC has been set up for the evening,B次元官网网址 Kratzmann said. B次元官网网址淩esidents have been evacuated for the evening and an engine will remain on the scene for about another hour.B次元官网网址

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