SLOCAN VALLEY — An evacuation order has been issued for Village of Slocan residents in the West Kootenay region. The village in the Slocan Valley where Slocan Lake turns into the Slocan River is a destination summer tourist spot and has been on evacuation alert for over a week as a series of wildfires threatened the area. On Friday the village of around 300 homes and businesses was quiet, except for local firefighters and those from across Western Canada and Australia present to prevent encroachment from the out-of-control Mulvey Creek wildfire to the west and the Ponderosa fire to the southeast. …According to a Regional District of Central Kootenay statement issued at 4:30 p.m. on Saturday July 27, all village residents must leave by Sunday at 8 a.m. on the advice of the B.C. Wildfire Service. …On Sunday, RDCK spokesperson Dan Seguin said over 1,000 homes were under evacuation order within the Slocan Lake fire complex.