Fire update - August 14

Cool again today - high of 18C.  Moderate smoke throughout the day.

Average day for new fires with about 20 started.  Cool weather with little wind in the Cariboo should have helped fighting existing fires.

I checked out the fire up by the mine today via a different route, and got within 1km of where it should be.  Could not see any signs of a fire, and there were loggers in the area.  I suspect this fire is out.

There are currently 33 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 alert for the Lang Lake and Murphy Lake areas remains.

The evacuation alert for the area south of Buffalo Lake has been lifted.  This is a few kms east of Gateway.  The fire there is now "Under Control".


Orders
No evacuation orders of note.

New fires include:
No new fires of note.

Existing notable fires:
Hendrix Ridge - still listed at 110ha and approximately 3.5km south of the tailing ponds - 3km due west from Stinson Lake. No official change on this fire.  As stated above though, I believe this fire is out or at least "Under Control".

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 Sunday though.

Lang Lake South - about 3km south of the lake and 8km from Eagle Creek.  The fire is still listed at 440ha, and 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, 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, 12 still active
July 17-19:  64 new fires, 17 still active
July 30-Aug 1:  210 new fires, 116 still active
All of May: 125 new fires, 3 still active
All of June: 178 new fires, 15 still active
All of July: 309 new fires, 104 still active
All of Aug: 417 new fires, 285 still active

Current "Out of Control" fires: 266

Note: these stats are for fires greater than 0.01 hectares.  "Active" is any fire that is not "Out".

BC map August 14 at 8:00pm