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Many Kamloops area campgrounds banning campfires early, before province-wide ban Wednesday
Ahead of campfires being banned across B.C. on Wednesday, many campgrounds in the Kamloops area are dousing them early. NL News spoke to five different campground operators who all said nobody was hav...
Jun 29, 2021
Kamloopsians being urged to take precautions against wildfire smoke
The Sparks Lake wildfire, burning near Red Lake, northwest of Kamloops is leading to smoky skies in the area today. It was one of 22 fires that started in the province yesterday though some of those w...
Jun 29, 2021
UPDATE: Sparks Lake fire grows to 2,300 hectares; evacuation orders, new alerts in place
UPDATED: 10:35 p.m. In an update late Tuesday night, the BC Wildfire Service says the Sparks Lake wildfire has grown again, to 2,300 hectares in size. That is triple the previous size estimate of 750 ...
Jun 29, 2021 Sparks Lake Fire on June 29. Photo via BC Wildfire Service
UPDATE: Sparks Lake wildfire 100 hectares; nine properties on evacuation alert
UPDATED: The Sparks Lake wildfire northwest of Kamloops has now grown to 100 hectares and has forced nine properties to be put on evacuation alert. Six of the properties on evacuation alert are on Tra...
Jun 28, 2021
Amid continuing heat wave, province-wide campfire ban be implemented on June 30
The BC Wildfire Service is bringing in a campfire ban across the province effective noon on Wednesday, June 30. It comes amid an historic, unprecedented heat wave in the province which has brought a r...
Jun 28, 2021
UPDATE: Small wildfire reported near Okanagan Connector close to Merritt
UPDATED: A small wildfire has been spotted just east of Merritt this afternoon. Reports suggest the fire broke out shortly after 1 p.m. It's burning near Hamilton Hill, in the vicinity of the Okanagan...
Jun 28, 2021
District of Clearwater implements total fire ban
Days after Barriere implemented a total fire ban, Clearwater is following suit. All camp fires and open burning within the District of Clearwater will be prohibited as of noon tomorrow, June 26, until...
Jun 25, 2021
Kamloops Fire urging caution amid dry conditions and near-record heat
Kamloops Fire and Rescue is asking residents in the area to be on high alert because of the increase in fire risk with the extreme heat in the region. "With this heat event, the risk of interface wild...
Jun 25, 2021
Wildfire next to Coquihalla Highway just south of Kamloops has now been extinguished
A fire near the Coquihalla Highway that started yesterday has now been put out. It was burning next to the highway about 11 kilometres outside of Kamloops, near Inks Lake Road, and grew to 0.59 hectar...
Jun 24, 2021
UPDATE: Crews battling small wildfire near Inks Lake Road off of Coquihalla Highway
UPDATED: A new wildfire has been reported this afternoon south of Kamloops, next to the Coquihalla Highway. Kamloops Fire Rescue and the BC Wildfire Service were both called to the blaze at about 12:3...
Jun 23, 2021
