B.C. Wildfire is currently attending to a fire near Big White, confirmed Marla Catherall, Fire Information Officer of the Kamloops Fire Centre.
B.C. Wildfire Service is currently working on gathering information about the new wildfire, near the Big White turn-off of Highway 33, but estimates it to be approximately 0.01-hectares in size at this time.
The BC Wildfire Service is currently responding to multiple reports of new wildfires in the Kamloops Fire Centre, including in McCulloch Mountain area, south of Joe Rich, and in the Keremeos/Ashnola area. Updates to be provided as available. pic.twitter.com/NIOCDwoOZM
— BC Wildfire Service (@BCGovFireInfo) July 18, 2018
No suspected cause has been reported at this time.
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