Lower Blueberry Creek blaze in Shuswap considered held: B.C. Wildfire
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The fire was discovered on July 17 and is believed to have been started by lightning.
Three of nine wildfires burning in the Shuswap region are either listed as under control or being held.
That’s according to the B.C. Wildfire Service, which issued updates Saturday on the five fires.
In the North Shuswap, two fires along the Seymour Arm of Shuswap Lake are in different stages.
The Lower Blueberry Creek fire, located in the hills above Dasnier’s Bay and sized at just under one hectare (0.8), is deemed to be under control.
The fire was discovered on July 17 and is believed to have been started by lightning.
Around four km north of that is the McNomee Creek fire, which is sized at 0.8 of a hectare but is remote and is listed as out of control. It also has a suspected cause of dry lightning.
The Columbia Shuswap Regional District says nine smokejumpers and a heavy-bucket helicopter are battling the fire.
An aerial photograph of wildfire K41062, which is located in the North Shuswap.