Lightning Sparks Fires

Monday, June 05, 2006 01:42 PM

Although the weather is cooler, the Prince George Fire Centre responded to several small fires between Friday evening and this morning.

Three of the fires were caused by lightning, all were under one hectare in size. One was about 23 miles north of Prince George, another on an island in Bobtail Lake. An initial attack team has been sent to a lightning caused fire under one hectare in size on the Bobtail Forest Services Road.

Crews are mopping up a 4 hectare fire west of the Groundbirch store in the Chetwynd area, and an initial attack team has been sent to a small fire near the ski trails near the Mackenzie rodeo grounds.

The fire hazard in the Prince George Fire Centre varies with the highest rating (extreme) around Hudson’s Hope.

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Posted on Monday, June 05, 2006 01:42 PM in News by 250 News

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Comments

Posted by: Marty on June 5 2006 4:29 PM

Ski tails?
Is that the opposite end from the head?

Posted by: Palopu on June 5 2006 5:31 PM

Is Hundsons Hope anywhere near Hudsons Hope.??? If one of these fires ever gets going in a beetle killed area, look out, as nothing will be able to stop it until it burns itself out.

Posted by: acrider54 on June 6 2006 6:15 AM

Unless this story was edited after the previous comments, I don't see the tails or Hundson's.

Posted by: YamaDooPolCat on June 7 2006 5:49 AM

acrider54, you have to be quick!