An aerial view of the Izman Creek Fire as seen on July 5, 2025. (Image Credit: BC Wildfire Service)

By Victor Kaisar

Izman Creek Fire

Izman Creek fire may see increased behaviour during upcoming warming and drying trend

Jul 6, 2025 | 9:38 AM

LYTTON, B.C. — (UPDATE 11:00 a.m.): The BC Wildfire Service is expecting fire behaviour on the Izman Creek fire near Lytton to pickup over the next few days because of a warming and drying trend.

Information Officer Sarah Hall told CFJC Today that changing weather conditions could mean higher temperatures and lower relative humidity, which may elevate fire activity from the current rank 1 and 2.

The fire is now estimated to be around 245 hectares in size, up from 185 hectares, which Hall said is due to more accurate mapping of the fire perimeter.

“There have only been small pockets of smoke peppered throughout the fire perimeter,” Hall said. “There was some activity on the eastern flank on Friday, but still very minimal. That area was very terrain driven and moving up slope.”

Evacuation orders and alerts issued by Thompson-Nicola Regional District (TNRD) and the Lytton First Nation remain in place as ground and air crews work on containing the fire, which was accidentally sparked by an RCMP vehicle on Canada Day.

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An earlier statement from the BC Wildfire Service noted that not all areas within the perimeter are actively burning or have burned. Hall also said fire behaviour remained low Saturday (July 5) because of the cloud cover as well as ongoing suppression efforts.

“Smoke-holding areas may show open flame, especially where fire persists in stumps and downed woody debris,” Hall added.

Looking ahead, the BC Wildfire Service is expecting temperatures to reach 35 C by Monday (July 7) afternoon. Coupled with a minimum relative humidity of around 15 per cent, they note it will mean elevated fire weather indices.

An approaching cold front is expected to generate strong southwesterly winds on July 8 and July 9 with gusts between 50 to 60 km/hr. Cooler, more humid conditions are then expected to return by July 10, though no lightning or dry lightning is anticipated.

Hall said work continues on all four flanks of the fire with grounds crews on the north, south, and west flank while helicopters are bucketing the high-elevation terrain on the east flank.

An Incident Management Team was assigned to this fire Saturday and its the only wildfire of note in the province at the moment.

This is a developing story, and more information will be provided once it’s available.