B.C.'s Pear Lake wildfire prompts expanded evacuation orders around Green Lake

The Brunswick Creek wildfire consumes trees on a mountainside, in Boston Bar, B.C., on Thursday, July 9, 2026. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck The northwest corner of the Pear Lake wildfire is pictured in B.C.'s Cariboo region in this handout photo on Tuesday, July 28, 2026. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Handout — BC Wildfire Service (Mandatory Credit) CLINTON, BRITISH COLUMBIA - The Pear Lake wildfire prompted expanded evacuation orders on Friday for properties on both sides of Green Lake, north of Clinton, B.C., where officials continued to assess structural damages after the blaze surged a week ago. Colton Davies, an information officer with the Thompson-Nicola Regional District, said rapid damage assessments this week found dozens of properties affected by the fire, and officials were calling the owners to notify them. The assessments took place south of Clinton in the Highway 97 corridor and on Pavilion-Clinton Road to the west of the village, he said in an interview on Friday.

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