WILDFIRE ALERT IN SAYWARD – NEWCASTLE CREEK AREA.
If you are not in the area, please avoid visiting Sayward at this time.
If you are not in the area, please avoid visiting Sayward at this time.
Update from BC Wildfire Service (6:00 pm) – 30 firefighters have been deployed to action the fire and air tankers/helicopters have been dropping water on the fire since earlier in the afternoon. The current size is 15ha burning in the slash piles and cut blocks.
At this time no critical infrastructure or residential homes are impacted or at risk. Fire is believed to be human-caused. Updates will be sent out as our regional Emergency Operation Centre receives them from the BC Wildfire Service via the SRD Alertable notification system.
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