SUNDAY UPDATE: Weather expected to slow spread of wildfire near Lytton
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Cooler temperatures and additional moisture in the air is expected to have helped keep the wildfire burning near Lytton, B.C. at a less aggressive pace, according to an update posted by the B.C. Wildfire Service (BCWS) Saturday (July 16) around 10 p.m.
The fire, burning 1.7 kilometres northwest of Lytton on the west side of the Fraser River, was still listed at 1,500 hectares in size Sunday morning, and is still classified as out of control. BCWS says the weather should have kept the fire burning at rank one and two behavior.
“By the end of the daytime operational period on July 16, crews on the southern flank of the fire were able to re-establish two helipads used from a previous wildfire,” said the update.
“In the north, crews began to scout a contingency line for fuel free construction two drainages north of the head of the fire.”
