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Planned 3,000 hectare burn at White Rock Lake fire to go ahead today
The BC Wildfire Service says site conditions and weather are favourable for a large-scale planned burn on the northeast corner of the White Rock Lake Fire today. It says it will be a low intensity bur...
Aug 30, 2021 BC Wildfire Crews in August 2020. (Photo via BC Wildfire Service)
Lillooet RCMP looking for missing 75-year-old man with dementia
The RCMP in Lillooet are asking for help in finding Joseph Zabotel who was reported missing over the weekend. Zabotel, 75, is considered to be high risk as he has dementia. Police say he was last seen...
Aug 30, 2021
Flat Lake Fire near 100 Mile House under control
The Flat Lake wildfire, near 100 Mile House, is now classified as under control, with no growth seen over the past several days. The fire was sparked by lightning on July 8, southwest of 100 Mile Hous...
Aug 30, 2021 The Flat Lake wildfire on July 29, 2021. (Photo by BC Wildfire Service)
Sparks Lake and Tremont Creek fires still considered 'fires of note' despite change in status
A change in the usual policy from the BC Wildfire Service at the Sparks Lake Fire and the Tremont Creek Fire near Kamloops, even though they are no longer burning out of control. "I have received noti...
Aug 27, 2021
Logan Lake mayor offers to help other communities get FireSmart to protect against wildfires
The Mayor of Logan Lake says work to FireSmart the community southwest of Kamloops was taking place before the program was even invented. Robin Smith says a lot of that work was done before she was of...
Aug 27, 2021
Wildfire preparation to be a 'key focus' in Budget 2022, Premier Horgan says
The Premier says wildfire preparation will be "a key focus" in the next provincial budget. Speaking Friday afternoon from Logan Lake, John Horgan, said many people in the Interior have been rattled by...
Aug 27, 2021 Premier John Horgan in Logan Lake on August 27, 2021 (Photo via Colton Davies)
Kamloops pilot shows extent of wildfire damage to surrounding areas
A Kamloops pilot got a front seat look at the "blight on the landscape" where massive wildfires have burned, and has shared that with the greater public. Dale Maher flew out of the Kamloops Airport la...
Aug 27, 2021 An aerial view of Monte Lake and part of Westwold around August 21, 2021. (Photo by Dale Maher)
Interior Health to allow team sports, reversing course from previous order
A day after sports teams, leagues and organizations were told no competition could happen until the end of September within Interior Health, the health authority has changed course. An email sent to K...
Aug 26, 2021 The McArthur Island Sportsplex in Kamloops from above. (Photo by Shawn Pooley)
Tremont Creek Fire being held; final evacuation orders downgraded
The final evacuation order that was in place due to the Tremont Creek has been lifted Thursday morning, as the fire southwest of Kamloops is being held. The Thompson-Nicola Regional District says 118 ...
Aug 26, 2021 The Tremont Creek Fire as seen on July 17. Photo via BC Wildfire Service
Massive Sparks Lake Fire near Kamloops being held
The Sparks Lake fire - the largest in the province - is being held as of Thursday morning. Fire Information Officer, Greg Jonuk, says that means with current resources, the fire is not likely to sprea...
Aug 26, 2021 Sparks Lake Fire on June 29. Photo via BC Wildfire Service
