
Blackpool Fire Rescue snuff out ‘deliberate’ interface fire along Highway 5
BLACKPOOL, B.C. — Blackpool Fire Rescue says its crews were called to an interface fire in a ditch along Highway 5 in the North Thompson that they say appears to have been deliberately lit.
In a statement, Blackpool Fire Rescue says its crews responded to the fire near OnCall Service and North Thompson River Provincial Park, which is about 5 km south of the District of Clearwater, around 1:48 p.m. Thursday (June 26) afternoon.
“Witnesses saw [someone in] a silver and brown 2003-2005 Chevrolet crew cab pick up that was travelling north on Highway 5 throw a burning object out of the truck cab into the east ditch ignited the grass,” the statement from Blackpool Fire Rescue said.
They note that those witnesses pulled over and asked someone inside the office at On Call Services to call 911.