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View Royal Fire Rescue was called out for a brush fire near Pike Lake in Thetis Lake Regional Park around 10:30 p.m.

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Once safety was assured, crews tackled the blaze from all three sides and maintained control of it by 1:30 a.m.

View Royal crews returned a few hours later to douse a couple of flare-ups and then handed the scene B次元官网网址� a regional park B次元官网网址� to CRD staff for mop-up.

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The smell of smoke in the air had neighbouring residents worried and Highlands Fire Rescue took to social media to let residents know the smoke smell was from the nearby wildfire and was being dealt with. The late-night blaze, and resident worry over the scent of smoke in a rural setting, served as an opportunity for Highlands Fire Rescue to remind residents to register for West Shore Alert.

The region uses the app to alert residents to a variety of emergencies with personalized notifications. Visit to register.

As of Tuesday (Aug. 22), morning 378 fires burned across B.C. Of the 1,881 fires in the province since April 1, 361 were attributed to lightning, 42 had unknown causes and 20 were caused by people, according to the BC Wildfire Service.

The cause of this fire is officially undetermined, Mollin said, willing to hazard a guess it was human-caused.

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