A few fires have sparked near Campbell River in the last few days, ranging from difficult to reach backcountry fires to human-caused conflagrations near the city.
Closest to Campbell River is a fire roughly three kilometres away from an inhabited area at the north end of the city. Gordon Robinson, an information officer with the Coastal Fire Centre, said that the fire was in an old cut block and had grown to 0.6 hectares by Friday afternoon. On site are a few abandoned buildings, and the Campbell River Fire Department is providing assistance to extinguish those.
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Though there is no immediate risk to inhabited structures, Robinson said the crew would remain on scene for some time to ensure it does not spread. The BC Wildfire Service has nine fire fighters on scene, as well as two helicopters. One crew of Campbell River fire fighters and two trucks were also sent for the initial attack, which included establishing a hose line to contain the fire.
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Dry conditions through August have brought on a number of fires in the area, including notably a 40 hectare fire on the slopes of Golden Hinde in Strathcona Provincial Park.
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That fire is under a B次元官网网址淢odified Response,B次元官网网址� which Robinson can mean a few different things. In that case it means it is being monitored for further growth. In the case of the Nimpkish River fire further to the north, it has a different meaning.
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The Nimpkish River fire near Woss has not grown since it was previously reported earlier in the week.
Despite cooler weather this weekend, Robinson says that B次元官网网址渇ire season is certainly not over.B次元官网网址�
B次元官网网址淧eople need to be following the campfire and open burning prohibition. Just in general, given how hot and dry itB次元官网网址檚 been this August we just urge people to be careful even when theyB次元官网网址檙e doing things that are not prohibited, like using equipment and things like that. Just keep a close eye on anything that might potentially start a fire.
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