By Greg Fry

Wildfires rage on in Kamloops Fire Centre

Aug 2, 2018 | 12:18 PM

KAMLOOPS —UPDATE: The BC Wildfire Service has remapped the Monte Lake fire near Westwold to 60 hectares in size.

EARLIER: 71 wildfires are burning in the Kamloops Fire Centre with 30 of them starting Wednesday.

Fire Information Officer Brenna Ward says the Monte Lake blaze near Westwold hasn’t grown since yesterday.

“Monte Lake is still sitting at approximately 22 hectares and today the BC Wildfire Service is responding with seven personnel and air support.”

Ward says the largest fire in the Kamloops Fire Centre remains the Snowy Mountain fire just south of Keremeos and Cawston at over 6,500 hectares. Almost 900 homes remain under an evacuation alert due to this fire.

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She says no structures are currently threatened or have been lost to fires.

Ward adds wildfire personnel are also keeping a close eye on the weather as Environment Canada has issued a severe thunderstorm watch for the Kamloops area.

In the Cariboo Fire Centre there are two evacuation alerts in place impacting 95 properties. Those are for fires near Quesnel Lake and the Horsefly Lake wildfire.

by Greg Fry

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