(UPDATE: Aug. 1 @ 10:07 am) – The BC Wildfire Service has gotten both wildfires burning northeast of Heffley Creek to a stage of being held.
That means the fire is expected to remain within the current perimeter, control line or boundary given the current conditions and resource availability.
One of the first was snuffed out after it grew to about 0.1 hectares, that’s about a quarter acre.
The larger one was moved to being held Friday morning. It grew to 5.8 hectares.
Both were started by lighting on Wednesday.
The BCWS said crews will continue to action the fire until it is out.
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(UPDATE: July 30 @ 4:18 pm) – The BC Wildfire Service (BCWS) has gotten one of the two wildfires burning northeast under control.
Fire K21140, which was discovered on Wednesday, only grew to 0.1 hectares.
The other fire, K21136, remains out of control and has grown to 5.8 hectares.
Both were started by lightning.
The BCWS said crews have established access to the fire and a hose system and are working on setting up a bladder site.
“A night vision helicopter was bucketing water overnight to cool fire behaviour on the northwest corner,” the BCWS said in an afternoon update.
“Fire behaviour was rank 1 and rank 2 overnight, and may increase with daytime heating.”
A total of 21 firefighters are responding along with a helicopter and some heavy equipment.
No area restrictions or evacuation orders or alerts have been issued.
(Original story: July 31 @ 9:45 m) – Lighting has sparked two small wildfires north of Kamloops on Wednesday.
The two fires are located near Lyons Lake, which is northeast of Heffley Creek.
The largest of the two fires, K21136, is estimated at 4.89 hectares and is burning out of control.
Eight firefighters are responding to the fire.
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The smaller fire, K21140, is estimated at 0.1 hectares.
Four firefighters are responding to this fire.
Three helicopters are working on both fires, the BCWS said.
No area restrictions or evacuation orders or alerts have been issued due to either fire.
As of Thursday morning, no other new wildfire starts have been reported in the Kamloops area.
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