Across the Shuswap, as small communities enter their fifth day contending with a massive wildfire that has destroyed blocks of homes, one sentiment comes up repeatedly.
“We feel like we’ve been abandoned,” said Tracy Wojciechowski, publisher of the community newsletter North Shuswap Kicker.
“People are exhausted, people are emotional, people aren’t getting sleep, and people are frustrated with what appears to have been a lack of communication.”
In interview after interview with CBC News, residents from Scotch Creek, Lee Creek and Celista have voiced frustration over how the Bush Creek East Fire, now measured at more than 400 square kilometres, has been handled.
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