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If conditions on site are favourable later this morning, the #BCWildfire Service will be conducting a planned aerial & hand ignition on the Flat Lake wildfire (C41602). Smoke is anticipated to be visible from #100MileHouse, #70MileHouse, #BCHwy97 and the surrounding communities.
This planned ignition operation is being considered for the N edge of the fire perimeter in the area south of Moose Valley Park, between Gustafsen Lake & Holden Lake. The purpose of the planned ignition is to remove unburnt fuels between the fire perimeter and pre-determined...
...control lines (roads and machine guards) and will cover approximately 600 hectares. This will bring the fire perimeter to more easily accessible locations where ground crews can safely work and deliver water directly to the fireโ€™s edge.
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If conditions on site are favourable this morning the #BCWildfire Service will be conducting aerial planned ignitions on the Flat Lake wildfire (C41602), approximately 27 kilometres southwest of #100MileHouse.
Smoke is anticipated to be visible from 70 Mile House, #BCHWY97 and the surrounding communities.
This planned ignition operation is being considered for the southwest corner of the fire perimeter in the area between Meadow Lake Road, Dog Creek Road and the Gustafson East FSR.
The purpose of the planned ignition is to remove unburnt fuels between the fire perimeter and pre-determined control lines (roads and machine guards) and will cover approximately 800 hectares.
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If conditions on site are favourable later this morning the #BCWildfire Service will be conducting small scale planned ignitions on the Flat Lake wildfire (C41602) approximately 27 kilometres southwest of #100MileHouse.
Smoke is anticipated to be visible from #70MileHouse, HWY 97 and the surrounding communities.
This planned ignition operation is being considered for the south edge of the fire perimeter in the area between Alberta Lake, McKinley Lake and the 3900 road.
The purpose of the planned ignition is to remove unburnt fuels between the fire perimeter and pre-determined control lines (roads and machine guards) and will cover approximately 200 hectares.
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The #BCWildfire Service continues to respond to 54 wildfires within the #Cariboo Fire Centre. Currently, there are six Wildfires of Note within the Cariboo Fire Centre.
The BC Wildfire Service is continuously assessing incidents and responding where it is needed.
We follow standards and guidelines while assessing our priorities, which are life, property, infrastructure and resources, and we allocate resources as it is set out by the BC Emergency Management System (BCEMS). BCEMS is recognized as a standard system for emergency response.
An Incident Management Team has assumed command of a section of the #100MileHouse Fire Zone, including the wildfire S of Canim Lake (C41100) and near Deka Lake (C41201).
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This afternoon the Cariboo Fire Centre had several wildfires ignite within the #100MileHouse Fire Zone due to a severe thunderstorm that went through the area. All of these wildfires are being assessed and will be actioned in a priority sequence.
Ground crews, helicopters, air tankers, members from volunteer fire departments and heavy equipment have responded and will continue to do so over the coming days.
There are four general clusters of wildfires, the first being near the Deka Lake and Interlakes and in this area, there are five wildfires. The largest lightning-caused wildfire within that area is C41102 that is estimated to currently be 2 hectares in size.
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