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By CFJC Today: James Peters

BC Wildfire

Lightning-caused Kamloops Lake fires ‘out of control’ but still small

Jun 1, 2019 | 9:04 AM

KAMLOOPS— A series of fires that popped up Thursday on the north side of Kamloops Lake are classified ‘out of control’ by the B.C. Wildfire Service.

However, Fire Information Officer Hannah Swift says two of the three fires are not posing a risk as of Friday morning.

“We do have personnel en route and once they’re on site today, we will have a better idea of the status and the size of those fires,” said Swift. “As of last night, there were two that were just spot-sized, of no concern, and there was one larger one. We are sending six personnel [to the larger fire].”

Swift notes all three are believed to have been caused by lightning cells that moved through the area earlier this week.

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“We did have some lightning systems roll through and there could be more fires being held over by the rain that they might have received,” said Swift. “They are popping up across the fire centre.”