The
fire danger rating in the Quesnel Zone is Low to High. The Chilcotin,
Central, and 100 Mile Zones remain High to Extreme. The BC Wildfire Service website displays the current fire
danger rating for the province here: https://www2.gov.bc.ca/gov/content/safety/wildfire-status/wildfire-situation/fire-danger
Wildfires of Note
There
are eight Wildfires of Note within the Cariboo Fire Centre. Two fires are being
managed by an Incident Management Team (Flat Lake, and S of Canim Lake). Below
is a summary for your information, and you can also find these details on the Wildfire of Note page, which is updated twice daily. Before this summary is sent
out, the Wildfire of Note pages will be updated.
Purdy Lake
The wildfire is estimated to be 8,100
hectares in size. There has been no growth on the fire the past few days.
Machine guard that is around the fire and heavy equipment will work to further
re-enforced this guard today. Firefighters have established a 50-foot blackline
on the northern flank.
An
Evacuation Alert has been issued by the Cariboo Regional District has been
rescinded.
McKinley Lake
The McKinley Lake wildfire is 1,834 hectares in size.
There was an increase in fire activity within the perimeter of the fire
yesterday. The focus today will be to continue to tightline hose systems
on the northeastern flank. Now that ground crews can now safely work directly
on the fire perimeter on the eastern flank they will also conduct mop up
operations
An Evacuation Alert issued by the Cariboo Regional
District for Crooked Lake remains in effect.
Chasm
The
Chasm wildfire is 454 hectares. Yesterday, firefighters increased the blackline to 50
feet around 75% of the wildfire. Today, they will work complete the remaining
sections of the blackline and patrol and extinguish hot spots in priority
areas.
An
Evacuation Alert has been issued by the Thompson-Nicola Regional District.
Young Lake
The Young Lake wildfire is estimated at 2,631hectares and is classified
as “Out of Control.”
Heavy machinery is focusing on
re-enforcing the containment line on the northeastern flank. Aerial
ignitions did not commence yesterday due to erratic winds. Firefighters used
hand ignitions to remove unburned fuels along the northeastern flank. All fire
activity was within pre-determined containment lines. Today, if conditions are
optimal, a planned aerial ignition may occur on the northeastern flank that
will build off of yesterday’s hand ignitions. The goal of this operation is to
secure the containment line by removing unburned fuels along this flank. This
strategy will provide a fuel free area and increases the overall effectiveness
of suppression operations by preventing any further spread. In preparation for
these operations, a water truck will spray water along the containment line to
cool down the edge and additional firefighters and helicopters will be on site.
The conditions will be monitored closely and plans may change as conditions
change.
We do not take doing these operations lightly and will
closely evaluate conditions and plans may change as conditions change.
On July 21,
the Thompson-Nicola Regional District (TNRD) expanded the Evacuation Order for
a total of 103 properties. An additional 231 properties in the area remain on
Evacuation Alert.
Big Stick Lake
The wildfire north of Big Stick Lake is estimated to
be 7,321 hectares in size. Fire guard has now been placed all around the perimeter of the
fire by heavy equipment. Ground personnel, supported by water skimmers and
helicopters, successfully conducted aerial and hand ignitions in the southwest
flank wildfire yesterday. The burns were successful in removing unburned
fuels and further secured control lines. Suppression personnel continue to use
heavy equipment and ground crews to secure the priority area of the northeast
corner of the fire. Contingency lines are being moved inward to reduce
the size of areas, thereby encouraging hand ignition opportunities over the
next three days.
An Evacuation Order is in effect for the Big Stick
wildfire area. This order replaces the Evacuation Alert issued by the Cariboo
Regional District on July 10. An Evacuation Alert issued by the Cariboo
Regional District has been expanded and remains in effect for the Big Stick
wildfire area.
Hotnarko Creek
The
Hotnarko Creek wildfire is estimated at 1,500 hectares. The fire has still not crossed Highway 20, and demonstrated
low intensity fire behaviour yesterday. Firefighters
have established a 50-foot blackline along the north and east flank that will
strengthen the fire guard in place. Heavy equipment continue to assist
firefighters re-enforce guard. An
Evacuation Alert is in effect for the Anahim Lake area.
Summary of other wildfires
Below is a summary of some of the
active fires, by zone, as of today. For current sizes on wildfires not listed
below, please check the All
Current Wildfires web page.
Quesnel Fire Zone
There are six active wildfires
burning in this zone. Two fires are now classified as Under Control and four
are Out of Control.
Central Cariboo Zone
There are nine active wildfires
burning in this zone. Two fires are now classified as Under Control, one is
Being Held and six are Out of Control.
Chilcotin Zone
There are three active wildfires
burning in this zone and all are classified as Out of Control.
100 Mile Fire Zone
The Incident Management Team (IMT)
is managing wildfires to the north of Highway 24 and east of Highway 97 within
this zone. The is managing 15 of the 22 active wildfires in the zone, with the
Cariboo Fire Centre managing the remainder. Ten of the fires in the 100 Mile
zone are now Under Control, two are Being Held, and eight are out of control.
Canim Lake
This
wildfire is estimated at 2,673 hectares. On the south side of the fire heavy
equipment has established
a contingency guard. Crews and heavy equipment continue to work directly on the
fire perimeter with hose systems and water.
On the east
side of the fire, crews will also be working directly on the fire perimeter,
mopping up south of MacNeil Lake. Helicopters will continue to support with
bucketing where required.
Crews have
established containment lines around the fire on the north and west
sides. Crews will continue to mop up and patrol where the fire has burnt
to the guard on the north and west side.
Structure
protection is no longer required and has been removed from all residences
associated with this fire.
The Evacuation Order issued by the Cariboo Regional District
for the south side of Canim Lake has been downgraded to an Evacuation Alert.
The north side of Canim Lake remains on Evacuation
Alert.
Flat Lake
The
Flat Lake wildfire is
32,194 hectares and is classified as “Out of Control.” With the expected weather forecast for the next few
days, crews can safely conduct direct attack operations.
Yesterday the planned ignition operation was completed on
the northeast corner. Crews also continue to make progress on establishing and
securing control lines on the east side. There was moderate fire behavior
yesterday with some growth in the south and in the northwest corner. The fire
continues to be monitored by crews overnight.
On the northeast side crews are working today on the edge of
the planned ignition areas from yesterday, extinguishing hot spots and securing
the line north of Davis Lake.
On the West side, heavy equipment continues to work to
connect existing road systems on this west side of the fire. Today, if
conditions permit, planned ignitions may take place in the area near Gustafsen
and Neilson Lakes.
On the East side crews are continuing to mop up in
and around the residences in the vicinity of 83 mile on Highway 97 and Stormy
road.
On the south side work is ongoing to link existing road
systems to establish a guard with heavy machinery. Planned ignition operations
may take place in the southwest and southeast corners today.
The
Evacuation Order in the vicinity of Flat Lake to Green Lake North has been
downgraded to an Alert by the Cariboo Regional District. All other Evacuation
Order and Alerts issued by the Cariboo Regional District remain in place. The
Evacuation Order and Alerts issued by the Thompson-Nicola Regional District remain
in place. The District of 100 Mile House Evacuation Alert remains in place.
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