TNRD lifts evacuation order for 650+ Merritt-area properties, including Lower Nicola community

MERRITT, B.C. — Hundreds of residents whose properties surround the eastern edge of the Lytton Creek wildfire are on their way home today.

Friday (Aug. 20), the Thompson-Nicola Regional District lifted an evacuation order for 656 properties west and north of Merritt. That includes the communities of Lower Nicola and Sunshine Valley.

The properties affected are listed here:

• 2309 to 3329 Aberdeen Rd;
• 412 to 447 Anderson Rd;
• 2184 and 2185 Armytage Rd;
• 433 to 447 Bailey Ave;
• 431 to 448 Barwick Ave;
• 5808 to 6041 Beech Rd;
• 431 to 466 Brenton Ave;
• 2350 to 2398 Carrington St;
• 2437 to 2560 Corkle St;
• 340 to 390 Coyle Pl;
• 125 to 2215 Coyle Rd;
• 9945 to 9997 Crabtree Pl;
• 411 to 469 Dodding Ave;
• 4505 to 5120 Eight Mile Rd;
• 2160 Ellis Rd;
• 291 Fyall Rd;
• 2185 Graham Rd;
• 357 to 390 Gray Ave;
• 310 to 346 Guichon Ave;
• 2208 to 2215 Harris Rd;
• 2177 to 2225 Hazelhurst Rd;
• 1555 Hogan Rd;
• 505 to 540 Humphrey Rd;
• 9229 to 11570 Hwy 97C;
• 2504 to 2736 Kinvig St;
• 500 Lindley Creek Rd;
• 1740 to 1868 Macaulay Rd;
• 411 to 525 Marshall Rd;
• 254 to 2500 Merritt-Spences Bridge Hwy 8;
• 1256 to 1852 Miller Rd;
• 325 and 361 Mingay Rd;
• 425 to 464 Morgan Ave;
• 24 Neale Rd;
• 1980 to 2057 Nicola River Rd;
• 1601 to 1889 Nicolls Rd;
• 2433 to 2504 Paige St;
• 2305 and 2311 Postell St;
• 2371 to 2391 Riley St;
• 2264 to 2293 Schindler Cres;
• 2181 to 2183 Settlers Rd;
• 2366 to 2466 Smith St;
• 4840 to 5120 Steffens Rd;
• 1260 to 2189 Sunshine Valley Rd
• 10521 to 10561 Tolman Rd;
• 2124 to 2173 Tomkinson Rd;
• 307 to 385 Turner Ave;
• 2241 to 2285 Whitaker Rd;
• 2252 to 2440 Willgoose Rd;
• 322 to 392 Winney Ave;
• 9192 to 9196 Woodman Rd;
• 429 to 492 Woodward Ave;
• 2305 to 2348 Woodward Rd; and
• any other properties located in the orange boundary on the map below:
  Image Credit: TNRD

The Lower Nicola Indian Band’s Reserve #1 has also seen its evacuation order rescinded to alert status.

The TNRD evacuated the subject properties last Sunday (Aug. 15) after the Lytton Creek fire grew dangerously close.

Residents of the 656 properties remain on evacuation alert, meaning they must be ready to leave on very short notice.

The Lytton Creek wildfire began on June 30, when it tore through the community of Lytton. It has since grown to 84,327 hectares, though fire activity has been muted this week, as it has throughout the Interior.