New wildfires in Kamloops Fire Centre, including 2 in North Okanagan
Also in the Shuswap is the Geo Scotch Creek fire, which was found Friday and hasn’t been sized. It’s located across Shuswap Lake from Blind Bay and Sorrento, and is 3.5 kilometres northeast of Shuswap Lake Provincial Park.
And just five km southwest of that fire is the Hillman Road fire, beside Scotch Creek, found Friday and not yet sized. West of Kamloops, around 30 kilometres and near Savona, are two new fires. Like their Okanagan counterparts, both were discovered Friday, with one being estimated at 0.2 hectares. The two are also on opposite sides of Kamloops Lake.
There’s also a fire near Sun Peaks and one west of Barriere. Both were discovered Friday and haven’t been sized.Record temperatures, extended dry spell has B.C. fire crews on high alert Heading south, the Shrimpton Creek fire, also discovered Friday, is around 57 kilometres west of Peachland.Heading farther west, and around 11 kilometres south of Ashcroft, are three fires 1.6 kilometres apart. The Cornwall Creek fire is sized at two hectares, while the Minaberriet Creek fire is 16.6 hectares. The third fire has yet to be sized.Meanwhile, the ongoing Nohomin Creek fire, discovered on July 14, was at 2,660 hectares as of Friday morning.High risk for wildfire heading into B.C.
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