Daily status – returning home progress
Good progress continues to be made on the work needed to safely return residents to Clinton. Crews and partner agencies are working each day to restore essential services, address hazards and make sure the community is safe for residents to return.
While the work towards recovery is moving forward, there is currently no scheduled date for residents to return home, and the evacuation order remains in place.We will continue to provide updates on what has been completed and what still needs to happen before residents can safely return.Access to the Village of Clinton and the evacuation order area remains restricted. At this time, access is limited to first responders and for life-saving purposes only.
What still needs to happen? ❌ = not complete ⚙️ = partially complete ️✅ = complete
BC Hydro️
✅ All outages within the Village of Clinton have been restored.NOTE: Restoring electricity is an important step in supporting emergency crews and helping essential services return as quickly as possible.
While the evacuation order remains in place, access is restricted to authorized personnel only.
Access to residents is not permitted at this time.
Water
⚙️ Work to remove danger trees around the water treatment plant continues. Crews are also checking the upper reservoir, water pipes and other parts of the water system for debris or damage caused by the wildfire.
⚙️ Crews are testing the water and flushing pipes throughout the system. Further inspections and testing will continue with support from technical specialists and partner agencies.
Community safety and services
❌ Wildfire and related hazards continue to pose a threat to the immediate and surrounding areas.
❌ Roads, bridges and transportation routes unsafe and/or inaccessible.
⚙️ Air quality assessments have been completed. Air quality remains at dangerous levels due to smoke.
✅ ️ Power is fully functional.
✅ Telus (phone) communications are functioning.
❌ Other critical utilities are not in place.
❌ While high level damage assessments have been completed, more work is needed to identify impacts to homes, businesses and infrastructure.
❌ Fire, police, emergency medical services and 911 access remain offline.
❌ Essential services and public supports are not established.—Recovery and assessments involve multiple agencies and service providers, including BC Wildfire Service, the TNRD, transportation authorities, utility providers, health authorities and emergency management partners.
We will continue providing regular updates through Village of Clinton’s communications channels and are committed to returning residents home as soon as it is safe and resources are available.
📢 CLINTON INFORMATION CHANNELS: Voyent Alert, the Village of Clinton website and the official Village Facebook.Information about surrounding TNRD areas is available through eoc.tnrd.ca and emergencyinfobc.ca.
