
Grass fire above Batchelor Heights ‘in hand’
KAMLOOPS —UPDATE 8:00 p.m.: Fire crews have gotten a handle on tonight’s grass fire in Batchelor Heights.
Chief Fire Information Officer Kevin Skrepnek with the BC Wildfire Service says the fire reached 60 hectares in size but has “calmed down significantly.”
“There’s very little open flame, very little activity. Not really a lot of smoke left either.”