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5:45PM Update – New Video – New Fire Status – New Lightning. On the fires: Here’s some more video from this afternoon. The longer clip is from 5:15PM this evening. The wind is obviously going to be giving the fire fighters troubles and it is also spreading smoke across the west and north sectors of…

6:00PM – Final Update Beaufort holding. An update from the City of Port Alberni: The BC Wildfire Service crews and ACRD Fire Department staff, assisted by three helicopters and several pieces of heavy equipment, have been working throughout the day to create fire breaks around the Lacy Lake fire, specifically in the area that it…

7:00PM Final Update – no change in size. Appears to be under control. But new fire. See new post coming up. There is no update from BCWS on the Beaufort/Cherry Creek fire.  It is still listed as 5Ha and New. However. Visually it seems to have been knocked down. Unfortunately. There is another fire. I…

Update 3:30PM – Air Quality Better – Great Central fire “being held”. The latest update from BCWS on the Great Central fire through the ACRD is pretty short: “The Turtle Lake Wildfire is being held, the fire suppression activities are working and the fire should not spread under current weather conditions.” This seems to be…