Sitkum Creek wildfire in North Okanagan nearing 2K hectares in size

The Sitkum Creek wildfire has erstwhile again grown successful size.

Located successful nan North Okanagan, astir 63 km northeast of Vernon, this distant blaze connected nan eastbound broadside of Sugar Lake is presently sized astatine 1,993 hectares.

That’s up from 1,501 hectares arsenic of Wednesday and 58 hectares past Friday.

An removal bid is successful place, on pinch an removal alert, some of which were issued by nan North Okanagan location district.

BC Wildfire says it has 24 unit connected site, moving to incorporate nan westbound flank of nan out-of-control fire.

A chopper is besides providing support, and building protection crews are besides connected segment successful nan removal alert area.

“We besides person dense instrumentality connected site, helping found occurrence guards,” said BCWS spokesperson Shae Stearns, who added manufacture partners are besides helping region logs from a cut-block successful nan area.

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“It’s really important to region that imaginable substance because if nan occurrence spreads there, it could summation occurrence intensity.”

In nan Kamloops Fire Centre, 88 wildfires are presently burning, pinch 63 deemed to beryllium retired of control.

Stearns said nan region has seen an influx lately, “and we’re continuing to prioritize nan consequence to each fires.”