To all residents:

Much good work was completed on the fire line today. Please be advised that while the pictures coming from the community may paint a picture of normalcy, just beyond the view of the camera wildfire FS 016 is burning over a massive area. The measures undertaken by the brave firefighters and support staff are required to keep your homes and property protected.

We at Village Incident Command ask that you keep this in mind during the coming days, and that even though we all want you to come home we must exercise caution. To bring people home before it is safe would be defeating the point of evacuating in the first place. When we have a clearer understanding of what the timeline for return could look like, we will be sharing it with you all.

Mahsi Cho,

VOFS Incident Command