It wasnB次元官网网址檛 the Welcome Wagon banging on Alycia ButlerB次元官网网址檚 door.

Not at 1 a.m.

Butler B次元官网网址� who, along with her partner, Dave, and their son Hemingway, lost their North Shuswap home in the Bush Creek East wildfire a few weeks earlier B次元官网网址� was alerted to a spot fire near their Scotch Creek rental home in the early hours of Thursday, Sept. 14. She and her family had only moved into the home less than a week earlier.

B次元官网网址淜risty Pollock is my friend, who also lost her home in Celista, and she came banging on my door at 1 a.m.,B次元官网网址� said Butler. B次元官网网址淗er daughter happened to let their cat outside and noticed the fire on the hillside. TheyB次元官网网址檙e also renting a house in Scotch Creek.B次元官网网址�

The fire was on the slope on Squilax-Anglemont Road at Butters Road, just above were the old Scotch Creek Pub used to be, and very close to where a new home is being built. A spot fire flared up on the spot Wednesday morning with locals helping to extinguish it.

ItB次元官网网址檚 believed a touch of wind late Wednesday/early Thursday caused the fire to flare up once more.

Pollock and Butler both called 911, along with local Scotch Creek firefighters Corey Cyr and Dave Van Oirschot. Both men had stayed behind in August to fight the wildfire.

B次元官网网址淭hey were the first two on the scene, and it was about 40 minutes later when three fire trucks showed up,B次元官网网址� said Butler. B次元官网网址淭hen we started calling friends who we know stayed behind.B次元官网网址�

The fire was extinguished again, save for some smouldering smoke Butler could see around lunch time on Thursday.

B次元官网网址淭he firefighters were so close to our place we could hear them talking, thatB次元官网网址檚 how close it was,B次元官网网址� said Butler. B次元官网网址淭hey had headlights from the trucks and spotlights helping them out at 3 a.m.B次元官网网址�

Butler and her family hadnB次元官网网址檛 unpacked their emergency bags since evacuating from their Disdero Road home Aug. 18, and donB次元官网网址檛 plan to unpack them for the next while.

B次元官网网址淭his (spot fires) is going to go for a while,B次元官网网址� she said. B次元官网网址淚tB次元官网网址檚 going to be an uneasy couple of nights. Helicopters were blazing through the area Wednesday. There was a spot fire beside where my house once stood.

B次元官网网址淵ou start to wonder if we can just catch a break.B次元官网网址�

roger@vernonmorningstar.com
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