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By Dylana Kneeshaw

FOREST MANAGEMENT

Planned wildfire service burns to bring visible smoke throughout Cariboo

Oct 14, 2020 | 11:10 AM

WILLIAMS LAKE, B.C — As a result of planned burning, the B.C Wildfire Service says smoke will likely be visible throughout the Cariboo in the next several days.

In a release, the service says about 115 piles of woody debris will be burned in three separate locations within the Cariboo Fire Centre. The burns are part of an ongoing wildfire risk reduction project around automated weather stations.

Burning could begin tomorrow (October 15), however the exact timing will depend on the weather conditions. Fuel management burns will only occur if conditions are suitable for quick smoke dissipation.

The locations of the burn sites are:

• Prairie Creek (about five kilometres south of the Prairie Creek recreation site on the south side of Horsefly Lake)
• Place Lake (about 50 kilometres east of Alkali Lake off Place Lake Road)
• Gaspard (about 25 kilometres west of Gang Ranch)

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The B.C Wildfire Service notes that staff will be on site to control and monitor these fires at all times.