Firefighting efforts focused on the Shuswap area Friday
Local wildfire suppression efforts were focused on the Shuswap region Friday, particularly on the north ends of the lake.
The Columbia Shuswap Regional District (CSRD) said the B.C. Wildfire Service dispatched two initial attack teams, four smoke jumpers (firefighters who parachute into fire areas) ,and a bucketing helicopter to the Dasnier’s Bay area near Seymour Arm where the Lower Blueberry Creek fire was burning.
Together with assistance from a CSRD sturcture protection team, the firefighters were able to keep the fire from spreading, and at last update it was still 0.8 hectares in size.
The CSRD added six B.C. Wildfire Service (BCWS) skimmers and one bird-dog plane were also attacking the 1.5 hectare Astney wildfire in the area Friday.