A reminder that a campfire ban is now in place for the Cariboo as of July 31. Official details here.
Beautiful weather again today at the lake today with a high of 28C.
At least a couple of dozen new fires today across the province., 18 listed as 0.01ha or larger at this time. Eight new fires in the 100 Mile House area. Two in north of Horse Lake, and four in a cluster 22-26km west of HMH. None of these are of note as of yet.
There are currently 18 fires listed as "Out of control" in the Cariboo.
New fires include:
None of note.
Existing notable fires:
McKinley Lake - two fires northeast of the lake. No details yet.
Mt Hendrix - Of the remaining three fires east of the mountain, two are still listed as "Out of control" and still at 1ha and 1.5ha. I was within 100 meters of the third today and didn't see any smoke
Lang Lake - still four fires around the lake. The biggest is on the east side of the lake, is now listed at 10 ha and is still "Being Held".
Canim Lake - the two fires south of the lake up in the mountains are both out. The fire that was originally reported on August 1st and re-appeared on the map yesterday still has no specifics.
Horse Lake Rd - directly east of 100 Mile House, and north of Horse Lake. One existing fire plus the two new fires from today. No details on any it.
Horsefly Lake - there are approximately 10 fires around the Horsefly & Quesnel Lake area still active. Only one still appears to be of note. It's on the north shore of Horsefly Lake, remains 526ha in size and 100% contained. It is still listed as "Out of Control", but I expect that to change to "Being Held" in the next couple of days. All evacuation orders for the area have been rescinded.
2018 BC wildfire stats
June 20-23: 136 new fires, 13 still active
July 17-19: 64 new fires, 25 still active
July 30-Aug 1: 181 new fires, 128 still active
All of May: 125 new fires, 6 still active
All of June: 178 new fires, 16 still active
All of July: 296 new fires, 126 still active
All of Aug: 203 new fires, 159 still active
Current "Out of Control" fires: 174
Note: these stats are for fires greater than 0.01 hectares.
BC map August 6 at 8:00pm
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