
Smoke from a wildfire in the Arrowstone Hills to the east of Cache Creek as seen from the TransCanada Highway. That fire was listed as "Held" Friday morning by the BC Wildfire Service/via TNRD
The BC Wildfire Service is providing additional comfort to those concerned about a wildfire east of Cache Creek which had been growing through Arrowstone Hills just east of the Village.
The Wildfire Service has declared the blaze as “Being Held.”
This is the term the Service uses when it feels its gotten a strong enough fire guard built around a fire to keep it from growing any further.
Those fires will still continue to burn within that perimeter.
First spotted sometime Thursday, the fire did grow to just over five hectares in size.
This prompted the Thompson Nicola Regional District to put out a note on social media to inform people that it was aware of the situation and was working with the Wildfire Service to keep the fire from getting out of hand.
- Map showing location and status of a fire east of Cache Creek which the BC Wildfire Service now lists as “Being Held” as of mid-morning on Friday/via BCWF
- Fire Danger rating in Kamloops and the surrounding region. Red indicates Extreme Fire Danger, orange is High, Yellow is Moderate and green is Low/via BC Wildfire Servcie
- Map showing the topographical features of the area where a small fire broke out on Thursday, which the BC Wildfire Service listed as “Being Held” as of mid-morning on Friday (grey pin indicates approximate location of fire)/via Google Maps
It’s believed the fire was set-off by a lightening strike.
While rain is anticipated in Kamloops and surrounding regions through the first half of the weekend, that same shower activity is could also bring thundershower activity along with it.
Areas within Kamloops proper and to the southwest of the City do remain in the Extreme Fire Danger rating range.
However, other parts of the region have not seen a jump in the risk level that had been anticipated through a stretch of hot, sunny weather which gripped Kamloops and the surrounding region for several days this past week.
Areas in the south Shuswap and the North Okanagan are considered a low risk for wildfires to catch hold and spread quickly.