By Ashley Legassic

Both wildfires near Chase suspected to be human caused

Apr 1, 2019 | 1:39 PM

CHASE, B.C. — The first two major wildfires of the season are suspected to be human caused.

Both sparked near Niskonlith Lake west of Chase on Saturday.

B.C. Wildfire information officer Jody Lucius says the Kamloops-Shuswap Road fire hasn’t grown since yesterday (March 31) and is estimated at 250 hectares, but it’s still considered out of control.

“Crews are making great progress on that and they are continuing with working on hot spots and patrol,” Lucius says.

The fire sparked on Saturday, around the same time as another fire in the area, called the River Flats fire. That blaze is being held at this time, Lucius says, and firefighters don’t anticipate any further growth of that one.

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“They are suspected human caused, I don’t have any detail on what that specific cause may be at this time, but certainly the suspicion is there,” she says.