BC Wild Fire Service outlines state of Northwest Fires of Note

Two fires in the Northwest are holding pretty well to their predicted path so far, with the BC Wild Fire Service updating residents of the  Telegraph Creek and Meziadin Junction areas with their latest notes today.

Of interest to the Telegraph Creek residents is the latest update on  the Barrington River Fire with the Wildfire Service notes as follows:


Barrington River fire (R91233)

 This wildfire is burning about 50 kilometres west of Telegraph Creek and has been mapped at 2,562 hectares. It has not grown significantly in the past week and no communities or structures are currently threatened. Structural protection units (large-scale sprinklers) have been installed at a fish camp at Tahltan Lake, about halfway between Telegraph Creek and the fire. Stronger winds are forecasted to begin on Aug. 13 and may increase the amount of smoke visible from the communities of Glenora and Telegraph Creek. The BC Wildfire Service continues to closely monitor this fire.

The Mehan Lake Fire which was provided with extra resources over the weekend continues to burn along the Highway 37 corridor, north of Meziadin Junction and not far from Bell II, the update for that fire is as follow.


Mehan Lake fire (R51309) 

 This wildfire is burning west of Highway 37, about four kilometres south of Bell II and about 75 kilometres north of Meziadin Junction. It covers about 58 hectares. About 60 firefighters are working on this fire. It is classified as “being held,” which means it is unlikely to spread (given current suppression activities). The BC Wildfire Service requests that travellers use extra caution in the area due to smoke and firefighting activities.


Much further north, about 40 kilometres west of Atlin is the Tagish Lake Fire, which has been more active today owing to increased wind activity.  The details towards the Wildfire Service plan for it can be found here.

More items of interest related to the work of the BC WildFire Service can be found from our archive page here.

Cross posted from the North Coast Review