Lower Blueberry Creek blaze not growing, several more burning in Shuswap: BC Wildfire

Wildfire crews are making bully advancement connected a blaze that started Thursday successful nan North Shuswap hills.

That’s according to nan Columbia Shuswap Regional District, which said nan Lower Blueberry Creek fire, located supra Dasnier’s Bay successful nan Seymour Arm area of Shuswap Lake, showed nary overnight growth.

The CSRD says 2 first onslaught crews from BC Wildfire, 4 fume jumpers and a dense chopper are moving nan fire, which was estimated connected Friday greeting astatine 0.8 hectares.

“This occurrence is being fixed privilege successful nan region because it is nan closest wildfire to residences,” nan location territory said.

The CSRD besides said its emergency structure-protection programme laid a grid of firehoses to protect properties on Blueberry Road and Thorpe Road successful Dasnier’s Bay.

It besides said a protection portion remained successful nan area overnight but will beryllium demobilizing connected Friday, based connected BC Wildfire’s “assessment of a reduced occurrence consequence successful nan area.”

The Blueberry Creek occurrence is 1 of a twelve burning successful nan Shuswap area, pinch respective flaring up from Thursday’s lightning strikes. Most are mini and nary are threatening populated areas.

“It tin return a fewer days earlier fires tin flare up. More fires successful nan area whitethorn consequence successful nan coming days,” nan CSRD said, adding that nan dense chopper is besides bucketing 3 different spot fires successful nan Seymour Arm area.

“Additional helicopters and rappel crews whitethorn beryllium brought successful later today.”

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The Mara Mountain fire, located 8 kilometres southeast of Sicamous, is nan largest successful nan region astatine 19 hectares. One hectare is nan approximate size of 2 shot fields.

The CSRD says it’s burning successful highly steep terrain and is inaccessible for occurrence crews. No structures are wrong 7 kilometres of nan blaze.

To study a wildfire, an unattended campfire aliases an unfastened burning violation, telephone 1-800-663-5555 toll-free aliases *5555 connected a cellphone.