New ‘out-of-control’ wildfire breaks out Wednesday evening
CENTRAL KOOTENAY, BRITISH COLUMBIA, JUL 31 – The wildfire on Kuskanax Mountain grew from 0.009 hectares to 120 hectares by Thursday noon with no evacuation orders issued, cause under investigation by BC Wildfire Service.
- A wildfire broke out on Kuskanax Mountain near Nakusp on the evening of July 30 and grew to 120 hectares by noon Thursday.
- The fire started amid significant lightning activity, which BC Wildfire Service attributes as the likely cause while investigating further.
- By Thursday afternoon, crews had identified at least six distinct fires scattered across the region to the east of Upper Arrow Lake, including new outbreaks near Thompson Creek and on Mt. Steenhoff.
- BCWS indicated that they have not yet determined an exact measurement of the fire’s size, noting that most of the fire’s expansion occurred shortly after it was discovered, and no evacuation notices have been issued.
- BC Wildfire Service deployed multiple crews and developed a response plan to manage the fires in operable terrain while monitoring activity and air tanker availability.
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New ‘out-of-control’ wildfire breaks out Wednesday evening
An out-of-control wildfire broke out Wednesday night out on Pedro Mountain near the Slocan Valley community of Winlaw, the B.C. Wildfire Service (BCWS) reported. Around 7:19 p.m. a .009-hectare wildfire was discovered four kilometres southeast of Winlaw after a lightning storm-with little to no asso...
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