BC Wildfire Crews are reinforcing and establishing new guards to help contain the Wait Creek Fire near Ta Ta Creek.
Heavy equipment is establishing machine guard from the south and along the north of the fire using existing roads.
Crews are continuing efforts to hold the fire west of Highway 95A and patrols are happening on the east side to action any spot fires.
Structure protections is in place.
The fire has grown to 1,378 hectares since being discovered on Aug. 1. It is believed to be human caused.
An Evacuation Order remains in effect for properties in the Ta Ta Creek area near the Wait Creek Fire, while Evacuation Alerts continue for select properties around Wasa Lake, Lazy Lake, Ta Ta Creek and Meadowbrook.
Elsewhere, Evacuation Alerts remain in place for the Tower Creek Fires near St. Mary Lake, while Area Restrictions continue around the Matthew Creek, Calamity Creek and Jumbo Creek fires.
BC Wildfire Service director Cliff Chapman said bad fire conditions are expected again this week.
“We are now entering a drying trend for the next couple of days where we’ll see those low to mid-30 temperatures and no rain. We may see the return of dry lightning,” he said.
“We anticipate the timing of this to be late Thursday afternoon into the evening and will continue Friday and into Saturday.”
Out of Control Wildfires in the East Kootenay
- Wait Cree- 1,378 Hectares – Wildfire of Note – Human Caused
- Tower Creek 2 – 391 Hectares – Wildfire of Note – Lightning Caused
- Matthew Creek – 1,715 Hectares – Out of Control – Lightning Caused
- Tower Creek – 767 Hectares – Out of Control Lightning Caused
- Calamity Creek – 106 Hectares – Out of Control – Lightning Caused
- Jumbo Creek – 683 Hectares – Out of Control – Lightning Caused
- N21239 – 14.5 Hectares – Out of Control – Lightning Caused
- N11326 – 22 Hectares – Out of Control – Human Caused
- N11396 – 4 Hectares – Out of Control – Lightning CausedThe latest information on our local fires can be found on the BC Wildfire Service Dashboard.
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