BC Wildfire Service Predicts More Hot And Dry Weather

The BC Wildfire Service keeping an eye on the forecast as more hot and dry weather blankets the province beginning this weekend.

The BC Wildfire Service keeping an eye on the forecast as more hot and dry weather blankets the province beginning this weekend.

The Fraser Valley blaze continues to burn out of control and is more than 20 square kilometres in size now.

An expert in archeological and cultural sites has been brought in to work with Lytton First Nation to keep areas safe within the Nlaka'pamux Heritage Park.

Information Officer, Nicole Bonnet, said this week that the fire has been mainly burning westward, away from the community.

“There is an area where it is staring to encroach into the Stein Valley Nlaka’pamux Heritage Park,” she said.

“We’ll be working with Lytton First Nation, they’ve got a cultural values and archaeological specialist who is going to work with our structure protection and a crew to identify some values in the area and figure out how best to protect them”

Bonnet says the south, north, and east flank of the fire are “quite quiet,” with crews making good progress in those areas and that ground crews are being aided by 10 helicopters.

The Public Safety Ministry reminds community members to have a heat plan in place as temperatures in Campbell River are expected to reach the 30s by early next week.