Actually, we were one of the evacuatees...We were lucky, we are from Rayleigh, not from Lewic Creek or Barriere.
To be more precise, my fiance and his family are from here. We have just arrived from Korea and on my first day in Kamloops, we are evacuated from here. We had NO time and I mean no time to get our things...We had to go to Walmart and get underwear, toothbrushes etc., It was horrible.
We were downtown and looking out my future FIL's window when we saw a little smoke rising from Strawberry Hill. Michael said, yikes we better get back. His family was hosting this HUGE family dinner as a "welcome back to Canada/Lets meet your fiance" event in Rayleigh. By the time we got to the highway leading there, it was like a nuclear bomb went off. No more than 15 minutes had past. Smoke everywhere, flames, tonnes of planes circling. It was devastating, just horrible to see. We were talking to people who had farms and cattle on those hills. So sad to see them, knowing full well that everything they own would be destroyed. Monday we were let back in but it was hard not knowing whether your stuff or their house was still there. Lots of soot everywhere and when I look out of the livingroom window you can still see lots of smoke coming from the Hill. Really terrible. My first time in BC....what a welcome

We are really grateful tho...