A2 - The Terrace Standard, Wednesday, June 30, 2004 Fire threatens 125 homes | COPPERSIDE ESTATES: residents. spent six days. “ink week under-an evacuation: alert-which would: have’ taken them from, their homes had ithe neatby Copper. River. fi ire threatened their: ‘Property. The: alert was’ issued to" 315 peopie line 21 when’ the ; fire,. started : ‘by. lightning; in-the: early; morning: ‘hours, came to within: 800 metres: from. ‘their backyards. : .° . The alert’ was lifted: at noon:on: “June:'26- when forest. re. was 4100 Per an service ‘officials: antiotinced: that the ‘fir cent contained. - "Resident. Ken,’ after the alert was-issued.. “] didn* t: get much: sleep The’ biggest. thing was. ‘Alcan: employee, who. was: noise,” said Gardener, an working nights last’ week: eel He had plans to stay: with, famity. in ‘Kitimat, had he : been told to leave his home.:: about it,” said.Gardener, ‘Ab Rattray. also, ‘packed: up, personal possesiions: in case he had-to’ leave i in a hurry. - “You: just pack: “the: things: ‘you ‘can’t: “replace,” said: Rattray ‘whose: house. backs’ into the: forest “atthe | bottom . of the ‘rhountain. “There’ snot much elséI can do. Wee Jeramy. Naeth-lives next.door with his’ wife and two- year-old ‘daughter.: Naeth said: he- too packed up irre- placeable items. and: then checked: to. ‘insur 2 he: ad | Tire, coverage. 0. 2 a . “Tf checked ‘out our. insurance: cand then- “said burn’,” joked Naeth who planned to‘g0'to a. ‘hotel: should the neighbourhood ‘be ordered.to evacuate. ‘The fire was: originally. estimated ‘at’ around- 20: ho, tares. But as the smoke clear and. ‘crews got-more of the " area,under control the charred area was: Teassessed to be around 40 hectares,“ *. - . While ‘many ‘fires: ‘bund i in. the: northwest, Siizanne -von Porten, an official with the. forest'service’s-northwest... fire-centre -in’ Smithers, said“the Copperside subdivisio Was the only. residential area’ in the: “region put on evay uation alert last week, “The Thornhill: Voluateer Fire ® Department remained: : ready with noaae atlack ‘plan: should” Ahe. fi fires have: burned: the structures: . nie 6 a students. home IN THE winter, it’s called a “snow day". Now students ‘in the Coast Mountains: school district will have to. come: -up. with a new. term to describe. another rare phenomena * _~ when: school is closed becailse it’s just ‘too hot. Students -were- treated” to’an. extended weekerid, ‘break’ ‘when last \ week’s record-breaking, heat. wave. stubbornly refused lo come to an-end.~ “Concerned ‘that ‘continued. ‘afternoon temperatures in ..|: the high 30s were: creating stifling conditions in‘class-. |” : rooms, school district’ officials took: the uriusual: step, of : _ sending students. ‘home: early. June. 24 to. avoid the worst - - of the heat: ’... : That meant the: weekend. ‘started a half day ‘carly. for : the district’ s § approximately: 6,000 students, who-normal-' ly attend school: Just four days each week, from. Monday . : “to Thursday. Students were ‘expected t attend’ their ca of 2 ‘classes yesterday: b before breaking for the summer. : NEW TECHNOLOGY makes. : me “iPeasier and more affordable ~ to have your vision tested in belween:your regulareye ~~. 7 health exams. Your optician’ can’. - Use d: computerized system to” ~ chéck:your vision and provide’ ’ “you wit corrective lenses in a “timely and affordable way... ° Ca | us lo see ifyou cual | Benson Optical Laboratory id. - £461 ‘y, Lakelse Ave., Terrace, BCD 638- 0341 | wy ~B00- 867-6322, *Moisturizing: * Colour Protecting * Leave-In | Paul Mitchell ‘Redken | AG much more! HAIR GALLERY 4711D Keith Ave., Terrace (All West Glass Centre) OPEN 6 DAYS A WEEK Gardener said: ‘he packed up “valuables ; | “These: things happen... “There! s ot ‘much you c can n do « KEN GARDENER had plans to stay with relatives in. . Kitimat in case he was ordered out of his Copper- : side Estates: home. REBECCA COLLARD PHOTO “let it. ; From: front - “Crews: battle blazes - ‘* hundreds of litres of water: were seni out each day,” : ] We. ‘estimate’ the crews are: ‘drinking . 432 litres. of | wit jer plus. lunch’ drinks,” said Marii “4t is’ for ‘the. workers. to stay hydrated i in such: heat, 3. : get’ two" days off,” ‘from, Ontario flew into’ Terrace. une. 2 1 adding how. important “Most. firefighters. have’ been on 16- hout shifts, . bul - added Martin, A 20: *0-nembe crew.: j he “oul, Kidney disease strikes families, not only individuals. . When: a Kidney Foundation. volunteer knocks on your door, please give generously. THE KIDNEY FOUNDATION OF. CANADA. : _weowlidney: ca. : Universal Pathways (Metapia : sl Consileeg g Ora ls hhotting” a mint Paycle Affair® ppotniment or to make inquiries, call. 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