One of several  planes working the Little Bobtail Lake fire, prepares for take off from the Prince George Airtanker base – photo 250News

Prince George, B.C.-  The cause of the Little Bobtail Lake fire  remains uncertain, although Premier Clark says  it is believed it was human caused as there was no  indication of downed  power lines or  lightning strikes in the area when the fire was report on Friday May 8th.

As of this morning,  the fire was  within 500 metres of the southwestern shore of Norman Lake.  Today, structural protection unit personnel triaged more properties  to determine which homes were most at risk. Those in immediate danger were outfitted with equipment. Crews will remain on site to monitor fire activity and deploy those sprinklers if necessary.

While the fire did get within close distance to structures on Graveyard Lake and Big Bobtail Lake, there has been no loss of structures.

The estimated size of the fire is 13000 hectares, but that number is an estimate as up-to-date information is continually coming in from the field regarding the perimeter.

There are  190 firefighters, 8 helicopters,  22 pieces of heavy equipment , 6  Air tractor 802 skimmers as well as two Electra airtankers working the  fire  scene.

Meantime, in the Cariboo Fire Centre,  there is progress to report on the battle of the Pelican Lake blaze which is burning 10 kilometres east of Pelican Lake, and 80 kilometres northwest of Quesnel.

Firefighters and heavy equipment operators have established 450 metres of control lines in front of the fire. Four airtankers, two skimmer aircraft and four helicopters supported crews on the ground.

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.