Damador Paquette said many residents evacuated to Cache Creek as a FireSmart meeting was cut short by wildfire.
Venables Valley residents were in the middle of a FireSmart community meeting when the Shetland Creek Wildfire started coming over the mountain Wednesday, July 17, forcing them to evacuate.
"During the meeting, which was held outside, we started noticing fire on the ridge and then we were like 'OK, meeting adjourned.'" "We are all safe," he told Black Press Media Thursday afternoon."Our animals were protected by the help of our neighbours coming from Ashcroft and Cache Creek and finding them shelter." "So far we're lucky, by the Lord's will all our structures are intact in our part of the valley. It was quite dramatic seeing the fire coming down toward our small little village.
"The animals we take care of are like family members," Paquette said."We had eight Gir cows from India, an exotic breed and a few horses."
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