Small wildfire burning east of Enderby

ENDERBY – A small wildfire is burning near Mabel Lake Road, east of Enderby.

B.C. Wildfire Service fire information officer Kelsey Dunkley says the fire, which is located near Mabel Lake Road around 14 kilometres east of Enderby, is currently being held.

The fire was reported yesterday, Aug. 6, and measures 0.1 hectares in size. The fire is suspected to be human-caused.

Dunkley could not confirm whether there were any structures near the fire.


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Ben Bulmer

After a decade of globetrotting, U.K. native Ben Bulmer ended up settling in Canada in 2009. Calling Vancouver home he headed back to school and studied journalism at Langara College. From there he headed to Ottawa before winding up in a small anglophone village in Quebec, where he worked for three years at a feisty English language newspaper. Ben is always on the hunt for a good story, an interesting tale and to dig up what really matters to the community.