The largest is 40 hectares and is located near 70 Mile House. Six of these were within the 100 Mile Fire Zone. Nine new wildfires were discovered in the Cariboo Fire Centre on Aug. The remaining three were all in the 100 Mile House area. Three of them were in the Quesnel Zone, Horsefly Zone and Chilcotin Zone. The Wild Goose Lake Fire increased from 850 to 1,400 hectares on Thursday, Aug. Please see the screencap below for more details.
#Cariboo update: There has been increased #BCwildfire activity due to weather conditions for several of the fires within the #100MileHouse Fire Zone today. Thompson Nicola residents should monitor tnrd.ca for updates regarding the Wild Goose Lake, 70 Mile House and Young Lake fires, which fall in the Thompson Nicola jurisdiction. BC Wildfire Service will deploy resources as they become available.Ĭariboo residents are being asked to monitor cariboord.bc.ca for information and updates. The 90 hectare fire is not currently threatening any any communities or structures. The Young Lake fire is also showing aggressive behaviour. Aircrafts and crews are continually working on towards containing the perimeter of this fire, which moved north toward areas burned in the 2017 Elephant Hill fire. The fire east of 70 Mile House showed aggressive behaviour today, increasing to 400 hectares. Workers will continue to contain the fire in its entirety. Ground crews at the Wild Goose Lake fire worked to establish a guard around the 1,400 hectare fire today and have contained approximately 30 per cent of the eastern flank.
Crews and heavy equipment attended to the fire today. The Lang Lake fire continues to grow because of “aggressive fire behaviour,” according to BC Wildfire Service’s update. Evac route via Kaluza Rd and/or Houseman Rd to Canim-Hendrix Lake Rd to 100 Mile. ESS Centre at the 100 Mile Community Hall. Airtankers worked on the fire today and continue to support the crews, aircraft and heavy equipment currently on site at the fire, which is highly visible to the surrounding area.Įvac order issued for Houseman Road area, about 12 km NE of 100 Mile. The Houseman fire north of House Lake Ridge grew to 12 hectares and caused 57 properties to be evacuated. 9, due to hot and dry weather conditions. The 100 Mile Fire zone has seen an increase in activity on Thursday, Aug.
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