Fire evacuees face eviction from already-booked hotels

Smoke rises from the west flank of the Parker Lake Wildfire, which prompted an evacuation order and BC Emergency Alert for the town of Fort Nelson and Fort Nelson First Nation, near Parker Lake, B.C., on May 13.Some wildfire evacuees in B.C. are being asked to leave their hotel rooms to make way for prebooked guests as local establishments struggle to balance the urgent needs of those forced from their homes with the necessity of running a business.

Cheyenne Seely and her fiancé, Dillon McCann, fled Fort Nelson late on the night of May 10. They phoned a hotel in Fort St. John on their way to the town to ensure they’d have a room that could accommodate them and their pets – a litter of rabbits, three cats, and one dog. ESS is the provincial program in charge of supporting evacuees. These supports, provided at the local level and often involving volunteers from nearby communities, include co-ordinating and paying for hotel rooms for evacuees, as well as arranging food and transportation.Kathleen Connolly is the general manager of the George Dawson Inn in Dawson Creek, a town 75 kilometres southeast of Fort St. John.

“People are tired and they’re worried,” said Ms. Connolly, adding that she’s been working hard to ensure evacuees feel as comfortable as possible.Alberta hotels working to accommodate Fort Mac evacuees are facing similar issues. Tracey Douglas-Blowers, President and CEO of the Alberta Hotel & Lodging Association , says that her organization has been working closely to help evacuees and hotels are doing their best to find alternate accommodations for evacuees if overlapping bookings occur.

Source: Holiday News (holidaynews.net)

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