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Parks Canada battling 40 ha Mitchell Ridge Wildfire
Parks Canada is continuing full suppression efforts on the Mitchell Ridge Wildfire in southern Kootenay National Park, about 38 km east of Radium Hot Springs and about seven km north of Nipika Mountain Resort.
Smoke is highly visible from Highway 93 near the Kootenay Valley Viewpoint.
The fire is now an estimated 40 hectares in size and has reached the eastern park boundary at Mitchell Ridge, where rate of growth has slowed due to a change in aspect and fuel type.
Three helicopters and 16 firefighters were working on containment within the park on Saturday, May 20, focusing on the western flank of the fire as conditions allow.
By Monday, May 22, cooler temperatures and precipitation are forecasted which would aid fire suppression activities, Parks Canada reported.
This is a lightning caused wildfire and is considered ‘Out of Control’ at this time. There is no immediate threat to public safety or infrastructure.
More information will be posted as it becomes available.
BC Wildfire Service is also battling a lightning-caused fire discovered Friday, May 19 at Farstad Way, located west of Highway 93/95 about two km south of Skookumchuck.
As of May 20, BC Wildfire Service reports the fire is about seven hectares in size.
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