(L-R) Ethan Reid, Brenden Higginson, Ty Oviatt, Kaleb Alphonse, two responding Williams Lake RCMP members, Nathan Kendrick and Landon Brink (Image Credit: Williams Lake RCMP)

By James Peters

Forest Fire

Williams Lake teens help douse small forest fire before crews arrived

Jun 8, 2021 | 2:19 PM

WILLIAMS LAKE, B.C. — RCMP are lauding a group of Williams Lake Secondary students for helping extinguish a burgeoning forest fire last week.

On Thursday morning, RCMP members were alerted to a fire start behind 1400 Broadway Ave. South. Two members arrived at the scene to find smoke billowing.

The Mounties retrieved the fire extinguishers from their vehicles but, when they climbed the hill to the fire, they found several trees and a part of the ground on fire.

Nearby was a secondary class out for a hike.

RCMP say the young men “took swift action” and used water they were carrying to help extinguish some flames before firefighters arrived.

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The Mounties are extending their thanks to the teens for their quick thinking, which limited the fire’s spread and made the firefighters’ jobs easier.