Category: Fire
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It’s Summer! Happy Solstice. Happy Rain. Happy Weekend!
Summer Solstice is here. It is officially the first day of summer and the longest day of the year. Today is a spiritual day for many. For others it is the official start of vacation (or in the case of K-12 students, tantalizingly close!). If you want to get the most out of your yard…
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Four small fires start Wednesday on VI – Taylor Flats Under Control – Fire Danger High or Extreme
A quick update. Please folks, be careful out there. #portalberni #nanaimo #campbellriver #sooke
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No Official Change at Taylor Flats Fire (Now Updated) – Cooler Weather until Friday
2PM Monday Update The BC Wildfire Service has updated the fire on their dashboard. It is now listed as 1.82 hectares (4.5 acres). No further updates are publicly available at this time. Monitor the Peak and AVNews as they may have more direct information. Original Post I was hoping the BC Wildfire Service would have…
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Wildfire at Taylor Flats on Sproat Lake
Update 8:30PM There have not been any more updates to the status on the BC Wildfire website. Here are a couple more pictures from earlier today from Stephanie Morrison. Update 3:45PM Here’s a video from 3:30PM this afternoon, from DrJSproatLake1 Here’s a great video from 2:30PM here from Kryssie Thomson of the helicopter working on…
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Wildfire Rating moves to Extreme
Moving up. As forecast, BC Wildfire moved their danger rating to Extreme for the Beaver Creek (Alberni Airport) region which you can see below in this afternoon’s map. Most of the South Island and South Coast west of the mountains is under high or extreme conditions while the north island remains at low and moderate.…