Two out-of-control wildfires on Island; one east of Bamfield, another south of Sayward

By Ethan Morneau
Chek News
July 3, 2023
Category: Forest Fires
Region: Canada, Canada West

The BC Wildfire Service is reporting two new out-of-control wildfires on Vancouver Island. A fire discovered Sunday about 19 kilometres east of Bamfield now measures 12 hectares, fire information officer Gordon Robinson said. 20 firefighting personnel, including in two helicopters and six skimmer air tanks, were responding to the blaze. …The fire is under investigation, so the cause is unknown and “it’s still fairly early, so we don’t have a ton of information on it yet,” said Robinson. Another out-of-control fire, discovered at 1:49 p.m. Monday, is south of Sayward and measures 0.09 hectares. The wildfire service says 14 firefighters, along with helicopter crews, are responding to this fire that’s under investigation.

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