The Coastal Fire Centre experienced a lightning storm in the early morning hours of June 28, 2022.
As a result, BC Wildfire Service has identified eight new spot fires: two are located in the Fraser Valley (one East of Mission and One North of Agassiz), four are in the Bella Coola Valley region, one on North Vancouver Island and one on Sunshine Coast.
All of these fires are small spot fires and due to relatively low indices, and none are expected to grow or challenge firefighting efforts. No values or communities are at risk at this time. Crews have been assigned to these incidents and are currently either accessing or actioning these fires (Initial Attack Crews), and/or determining access routes in more remote locations.
The Coastal Fire Centre will be continuing helicopter and foot patrols over the next several days to monitor for any additional fires that may have been sparked by the lightning.
The wildfires are as below:
VA0353: Hump Lake
0.009 ha
North Island, Mid-Coast Zone, East of Nusatsum FD jurisdiction
VA0354: West of Thorsen Creek
0.009 ha
North Island, Mid-Coast Zone, South of Bella Coola FD jurisdiction
VA0356: Four Mile Mountain
0.009 ha
North Island, Mid-Coast Zone, North of Hagensborg FD jurisdiction
VA0355: Noohawk Mountain 9 km
0.009 ha
North Island, Mid-Coast Zone, South of Hagensborg jurisdiction
V10348: Rose Creek
0.009 ha
Fraser Zone – East of the Mission FD jurisdiction
V10349: Morris Creek
0 .009 ha
Fraser Zone – North of the Agassiz FD jurisdiction
V50359: South of Southgate River
0.009
Sunshine Coast Zone – east of Bute Inlet
V80360: Menzies Mainline
0.009
South of Sayward – North Vancouver Island Zone
The Coastal Fire Centre covers all of the area West of the height of land on the Coast Mountain Range from the U.S.-Canada border at Manning Park, including Tweedsmuir South Provincial Park in the north, the Sunshine Coast, the Lower Mainland, Vancouver Island, the Gulf Islands and Haida Gwaii.
To report a wildfire, call 1 800 663-5555 toll-free or *5555 on a cellphone.
