The RCMP has confirmed that an accident involving one of its trailers led to the ignition of the Izman Creek wildfire near Lytton on Tuesday afternoon. In a statement, RCMP said that at approximately 2:20 p.m., an “equipment failure” of an RCMP trailer started the fire alongside Highway 12 near Lytton. “It appears that the right side wheel ejected from the trailer, ultimately causing a fire in the grass-filled ditch,” RCMP said in a statement. “The officer stopped to engage the flames with their issued fire extinguisher but the conditions were not favourable and they were unable (to) contain the fire.” The BC Wildfire Service was called in and dispatched crews to combat the blaze. The Izium Creek wildfire is now an estimated 155 hectares in size, as of Thursday afternoon, and has been classified as a wildfire of note.