Another wildfire has popped up in the Fort Nelson area – this after the Evacuation Order for the Parker Lake Wildfire was rescinded by the Northern Rockies Regional Municipality.
Even though the Parker Lake blaze is now being held, a holdover fire from the weekend is 455 hectares in size but is not a threat to the community.
Information Officer, Pedro Roldan-Delgado spoke with Vista Radio.
“It is more in the northeast corner of our province. It is not affecting the community as much as the other ones. The Parker Lake wildfire was switched to being held as of yesterday (Monday).”
He adds while much of the fire centre benefited from rain and cooler conditions during the weekend, the same could not be said for the Peace Region.
“In some areas like Dawson Creek, Fort St. John and some areas of Fort Nelson didn’t receive rain so that is still very dry.”
In addition, the Patry Creek blaze remains at 64,372 hectares – after some more accurate mapping in recent days, the size of the fire has shrunk considerably.
“Sometimes the track we receive on the ground and once the days are clearer and easier to fly around, the fire can be tracked more accurately,” added Delgado.
The Prince George Fire Centre responded to two other new starts, which were less than a hectare in size over the weekend and have since been extinguished.
Since April 1st, 183 wildfires have ignited in BC resulting in 285,070 hectares being burned – 99% of it is located in the PG Fire Centre.
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