BC Wildfire Service details planned burns in Merritt area
MERRITT, B.C. — The BC Wildfire Service plans to burn 520 piles of wood debris in three locations in the Merritt area over the next week to help manage wildfire risk, rehabilitate the landscape, and reduce accumulations of forest fuels in interface zones around the community.
The burns are scheduled to start as early as March 9, 2021, and they will continue periodically until April 9, 2021.
Pile burning will occur in the following locations:
- Fox Farm – 154 piles east of Highway 5, at about the five-kilometre mark on the Fox Farm Road
- Rodeo Grounds – 326 piles southwest of Merritt, about two kilometres up the Lindley Creek Road
- North Nicola – 40 piles along North Nicola Road, between the 2.5-kilometre mark and the 3.5-kilometre mark