
UPDATE: Incident Management Team assigned to Izman Creek wildfire near Lytton
LYTTON, B.C. — (UPDATE 2:45 p.m.): The BC Wildfire Service (BCWS) has deployed an Incident Management Team as it continues to work on the Izman Creek fire, north of the Village of Lytton.
In an update Saturday (July 5) afternoon, it said the fire is now estimated to be 185.3 hectares in size – up from 155 hectares – due to more accurate mapping of the fire perimeter as well as some growth on the east flank up the hill.
“Not all areas within the perimeter are actively burning or have burned,” the BCWS said. “Pockets of smoke are present within the fire perimeter, displaying Rank 1 and Rank 2 fire behavior. Increased fire activity remains on the east flank, moving upslope in the easterly direction.”
Evacuation orders and alerts issued by the Thompson-Nicola Regional District (TNRD) and the Lytton First Nation remain in place, as crews work on containing the fire which was accidentally sparked by an RCMP vehicle on Canada Day (July 1).