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Progress is being reported on the wildfires burning in the Cariboo SHARE ON: The Purdy Lake wildfire, south of Batnuni Lake, is now up 900 hectares in size. Jessica Mack, a Fire Information Officer with the BC Wildfire Service, confirms that due to windier conditions that fire has been active, but she says it is burning away from the area on evacuation alert. “It is moving in a more southerly direction and that is going into the Kluskoil Lake Park, and BC Parks has been engaged regarding suppression efforts in there.   We have 27 firefighters and 9 pieces of heavy equipment that are worki...

Controlled burn on Deka Lake wildfire dubbed a success SHARE ON: Forest Grove Wildfires, (C. Adams, My Cariboo Now)    The BC Wildfire Service is reporting that a controlled burn on the Southwest of Deka Lake wildfire went extremely well yesterday. (Monday)    Fire Information Officer Jessica Mack goes over some of the details…    “Due to the coordination between our fire fighters, aerial support and heavy equipment, that the burn went as planned.    Firefighters worked throughout the night to patrol the guards for any potential smokes, just to ensure that they didn’t go past ...

Evacuations slow as B.C. welcomes out-of-province firefighters to help Poll Yes A motorist watches from a pullout on the Trans-Canada Highway as a wildfire burns on the side of a mountain in Lytton, B.C., Thursday, July 1, 2021. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck KAMLOOPS, B.C. – Emergency response staff who are charged with supporting residents threatened by some of British Columbia’s largest wildfires paused for a breath Monday following several turbulent days. Debbie Sell, information officer for the Thompson-Nicola Regional District’s emergency operations centre, said evacuation alert...

The BC Wildfire Service is conducting a controlled burn on the Southwest of Deka Lake wildfire SHARE ON: Forest Grove Wildfires, (C. Adams, My Cariboo Now) Fire Information Offier Jessica Mack says the controlled burn is being done with a helicopter and some hand ignition. “The goal of this is just to remove any available fuel between the fire’s edge and the fuel free guard that was built by heavy equipment.  This will allow us to slow down and help limit any spread of the wildfire by decreasing the amount of fire perimeter that we have to manage.” Mack says in preparation for this op...

"I'm happy to report that it has been relatively quiet this morning in the emergency operations centre, meaning that it hasn't been necessary to expand orders and alerts," Sell said Monday. The break has been a relief, but of course staff know it can easily ramp up again, she said. "It kind of goes in fits and starts, as the fires tick off then of course we need to get people out of harm's way as quickly as possible." The centre is managing an area that includes Lytton, B.C., which was razed by a wildfire last week after three days of record-setting heat, as well as four other major wildfire...