A 0.66-hectare wildfire near south Haslam Lake is now under control.
According to Coastal Fire Centre, the fire is located approximately five kilometres northeast of Powell River in the southern area of Haslam Lake
“It was detected [July 3] into the early evening and the current size is just over half a hectare,” said Coastal Fire Centre fire information officer Sam Bellion, on July 4.
She added that it was classified as out of control and was suspected to be human-caused.
“In the early hours of the fire, we had two initial attack crews, as well as two response officers on site, and they were supported by four air tankers, which were blanketing the area with retardant. That is going to allow those two initial attack crews to go in and work the ground.”
Bellion said on each of the attack crews, there are four crew members, plus the response officers, so there were between eight and 10 crew members at the fire site on July 4. She said it is an active site in terms of personnel.
“Today, they are hoping for the ground crews to get in there and do the work they need to do, so I’m not anticipating seeing any air support for the next few hours, but that can always change, depending on fire behaviour,” said Bellion.
As of July 7, Bellion said the fire was still just over half a hectare in size, and that there was an initial attack crew on site, along with an initial response officer, to continue mop-up efforts.
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