(Update 8:30 p.m.) - Officials are now allowing residents to return home following the wildfire above Batchelor Heights in North Kamloops.
Kamloops Fire Rescue (KFR) has make great progress and the grassfire, estimated at 60 hectares in size, is no longer threatening homes in the area.
Crews from KFR and BC Wildfire Service will continue to work the fire through the night.
(Update 7:30 p.m.) - A tactical evacuation of 12 homes in the Batchelor Heights neighbourhood has been issued.
Evacuated residents are asked to report to the McArthur Island Sport and Event Centre where a comfort centre is being established.
Kamloops Fire Rescue is reporting steady progress on the grassfire, but are unable to confirm an estimated size of the fire at this time.
#BCWildfire is assisting @KamFire with a highly visible wildfire in the Batchelor Heights area of #Kamloops. Ground personnel and air support have been deployed. pic.twitter.com/xRIhAtuCy7
— BC Wildfire Service (@BCGovFireInfo) June 22, 2018
(Original Story) - A grass fire is currently burning above Batchelor Heights in North Kamloops.
Social media posts show plenty of flames and smoke are visible from the city.
#kamloops #BCWildfire #wildfire #kamloopsfire pic.twitter.com/bOLDYSJzVN
— Karla Karcioglu (@kkarcioglu) June 22, 2018
#BCwildfire pic.twitter.com/fFnnhKW88Z
— Tango Hotel Charlie (@StreetVillain) June 22, 2018
The view from my back yard.
— Christopher Ens (@ChristopherEns) June 22, 2018
I think I heard the entire city fire engine fleet go by. #fire in #Kamloops pic.twitter.com/DtHq0YPxxO
Thinking it may have been a lightning strike but here's the view from my apartment on North Shore. #Kamloops #wildfires #fire pic.twitter.com/MZdZKkuz3e
— Jolkster (@Cat4Fite) June 22, 2018
BC Wildfire Services is aware of the fire but could not provide any details at this time.
NowMedia will update the story as more information becomes available...
