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Vancouver rundown for Tuesday, July 30, 2024. This week's rain and cooler conditions are

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a help, but hundreds of evacuees remain as BC's collection of wildfires continues to grow.

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There are about 360 fires burning at the moment, including the two large ones in the Slokan Valley.

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A 40 km stretch of Highway 6 along Slokan Lake remain closed on Monday. There are six other

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fires of note in the province, including that Shetland Creek wildfire between Cache Creek

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and Spence's Bridge. Other news, two people have died in the crash of one of those home-built planes

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near Merritt. The crash occurred on a small hillside just north of the airport in Merritt

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late Sunday. The bodies of the pilot and a passenger were discovered as soon as first responders

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arrived. A marine disaster was avoided during Saturday evening celebration of light fireworks

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thanks to a group of volunteers. Those with a branch of the Royal Canadian Marine search and

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rescue saved 18 people and a yacht off of West Vancouver. Those on a 48-foot sea-ray sent out

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to distress, the Horseshoe Bay-based group was the first on the scene off Passage Island.

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The occupants were put safely into other boats and the yacht was towed to harbor.

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A man from Burnaby is one of eight people charged in an international scam aimed at

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ripping off Amazon by obtaining refunds for items that were never returned. The man is the only

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Canadian named in a Seattle-based lawsuit against the International Fraud Organization

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called Chinchopa. Amazon has not specified how much money it's seeking from those in the

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sophisticated rip-off scheme. Clouds in a few showers on Tuesday, sunshine returns on Wednesday,

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and it starts to warm up toward the end of the week under Sunday skies, inland highs of about 30

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degrees. For all the details on these Vancouver area stories along with the links, go to

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vancouverrondown.substack.com