Clipped rock starts fire in BX

A mower clipping a rock sparked a small grass fire in a field above Old Kamloops Road in the BX area of Greater Vernon Sunday afternoon.

BX Swan Lake fire chief Bill Wacey says the resident was able to guard the fire to prevent it spreading before fire crews arrived and doused it around 1:30 p.m.

“It wasn’t a huge one. It certainly had potential. The homeowner was pretty quick getting a guard around the uphill component of it, so when we got there, we were able to put it out,” Wacey told Vernon Matters.

Wacey said the B.C. Wildfire Service did send a crew to the scene, but they were not needed.