KAMLOOPS – A regional district in the British Columbia Interior has declared a state of local emergency as an illegal dam threatens to burst.

The Thompson-Nicola Regional District has already issued an evacuation alert for 14 properties down river from the dam and says the emergency declaration will allow it to take action to mitigate the flood risk.

The district said on Tuesday that the unauthorized, man-made dam on Fadear Lake could fail and create “an uncontrolled release of water” into Fadear Creek in an area about 13 kilometres north of Sun Peaks Mountain.

Residents in homes along Fadear Creek were told on Monday to be ready to leave quickly due to the possible “imminent” failure of the dam.

The district says the local state of emergency is in place for the Lower North Thompson ar

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