Wildfire breaks out near Batchelor Heights in Kamloops

KAMLOOPS – A blaze broke out near Batchelor Heights earlier today and is visible from Kamloops.

According to Madison Smith, a fire information officer with B.C. Wildfire Service, 6 B.C. Wildfire Service personnel are currently on-site and were assisted by an air tanker earlier.

She says the fire is suspected to be human-caused. 

According to Kamloops Fire Rescue platoon captain Darryl Cooper. the fire is currently under control and is half a hectare. Cooper says 16 Kamloops Fire Rescue personnel were on site.

“The fire is half a hectare in size, and it was rank two. It is currently under control, and we have a 75 per cent wet line around the fire,’ Cooper says.

iNFOnews will update this story as more details become available.


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Jenna Wheeler

Jenna Wheeler is a writer at heart. She has always been naturally curious about what matters to the people in her community. That’s why it was an obvious decision to study journalism at Durham College, where she enjoyed being an editor for the student newspaper, The Chronicle. She has since travelled across Canada, living in small towns in the Rockies, the Coast Mountains, and tried out the big city experience. She is passionate about sustainability, mental health, and the arts. When she’s not reporting, she’s likely holed up with a good book and her cat Ace.