Thousands of fire evacuees find comfort in Kamloops

KAMLOOPS — Children playing, older men crying and hundreds of displaced Cariboo residents lumped up under sheets on emergency cots, trying to get rest after a long night of travel.
That was the scene inside Sandman Centre on Sunday morning, where thousands of Williams Lake’s evacuees gathered for registration and temporary lodging.
The city of more than 10,000 people was placed under evacuation order early Saturday evening.
“It was about quarter after six for me,” said Do