Crews from the province's wildfire management branch are now battling a second blaze in the Central Interior.
They have been called to a lightning-caused fire about 80 kilometres northwest of Quesnel near Pelican Lake. It was estimated at about 250 hectares in size as of Thursday morning.
Firefighters and heavy equipment operators worked hard Thursday to establish 450 metres of control lines in front of the Pelican Lake fire.
There has been no new growth and the fire remains at an estimated 250 hectares in size. There continues to be no threat to structures in the area at this time.
60 personnel, five pieces of heavy equipment and four helicopters are currently on site today with additional support personnel, an Incident Management Team and more heavy equipment arriving later in the day.
There has been no new growth and the fire remains at an estimated 250 hectares in size. There continues to be no threat to structures in the area at this time.
60 personnel, five pieces of heavy equipment and four helicopters are currently on site today with additional support personnel, an Incident Management Team and more heavy equipment arriving later in the day.
Meanwhile, the Little Bobtail Lake and Norman Lake fire, that started on Saturday, has grown to 13,000 hectares and was within 500 metres of the southern shore of Norman Lake as of Thursday. The fire did get within close distance to structures on Graveyard Lake and Big Bobtail Lake, but there has been no loss of structures.
There were 120 firefighters on the scene, along with eight helicopters, 22 pieces of heavy equipment and four airtankers.
Crews focused on getting containment lines on the fire.
"The weather is of great concern as it's so dry right now it's hard to battle the blaze and there's no rain forecasted for the near future," the branch said.
An evacuation order remains in place for the area around Norman Lake while an evacuation alert was put out Monday morning for Bednesti Lake, Berman Lake and Dahl Lake Road.
As well, Dahl Lake and Bobtail Mountain provincial park have been closed.
At Pelican Lake, where a fire consumed 43,000 hectares in 2010, 20 firefighters and two helicopters were on site.
Additionally, over 45 more staff including sustained action crews and a specialized Incident management team are currently on route. Two more helicopters and heavy equipment are also being mobilized.
"The public can expect to see increased smoke in the area over the next few days as crews conduct burn-offs to establish control lines around the fire," the branch said.
No structures were under threat.
For up-to-date information on current wildfire activity, burning restrictions, road closures and air quality advisories, visit: www.bcwildfire.ca or call 1-888-3FOREST.
