I checked out the fire up by the mine today, but couldn't see any signs of the fire. Likely due to smoke, as visibility was only about 2km at most and the fire is approximately 3.5km from the tailing ponds.
There are currently 30 fires listed as "Out of control" in the Cariboo.
Alerts
There is still an evacuation alert for Eagle Creek and Hawkins Lake area due to the Lang Lake South fire (see details below). Hendrix Lake residents received a call for this one on Friday because we are on the same exchange. Hendrix Lake is NOT on evacuation alert.
The evacuation order for the area south of Buffalo Lake has been downgraded to alert. This is a few kms east of Gateway. The fire there has held at 20ha, and is now "Being Held".
The evacuation order for the Lang Lake and Murphy Lake areas has been downgraded to an alert.
Orders
No evacuation orders of note.
New fires include:
No new fires of note. Not many new fires in BC today.
Existing notable fires:
Hendrix Ridge - still listed at 110ha and approximately 3.5km south of the tailing ponds - 3km due west from Stinson Lake. Not sure if I can get any closer to this fire without bushwacking for a couple of kilometers.
Updated map of local fires
McNeil FSR - The fire just off of the top of the McNeil FSR is still listed at 117ha. I did not check on this fire personally today.
Mt Hendrix - The two fires on the east side of Mt Hendrix are still "Out of control". The fire east of McNeil Lake remains at 1.5ha. The fire 3km west of McNeil Lake is still listed at 15ha, but still snows a fire perimeter slightly larger than the McNeil FSR fire. It hasn't changed since yesterday though.
Lang Lake South - about 3km south of the lake and 8km from Eagle Creek. The fire is still listed at 440ha, and is now 70% contained. The are east of Lang Lake is heavily logged, but south (towards Eagle Creek) and southwest (towards Schoolhouse Lake Provincial Park and Ruth Lake) is not. There are still 4 heavy equipment operators building guard lines, and 5 firefighters on it.
Lang Lake North - a few hundred meters from the north end of the lake. No update today, other than rescinding the nearby evac order, and still listed at 345 ha. I suspect the status will be updated to "Being Held" in the next day or two.
2018 BC wildfire stats
June 20-23: 136 new fires, 13 still active
July 17-19: 64 new fires, 17 still active
July 30-Aug 1: 210 new fires, 122 still active
All of May: 125 new fires, 3 still active
All of June: 178 new fires, 16 still active
All of July: 309 new fires, 109 still active
All of Aug: 399 new fires, 284 still active
Current "Out of Control" fires: 266
Note: these stats are for fires greater than 0.01 hectares.
BC map August 13 at 7:30pm
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