Crews from the BC Wildfire Service and Adams Lake Indian Band fire department are responding to a 100-plus hectare grass fire near Niskonlith Lake, between Chase and Pritchard.
The BC Wildfire Service reported the blaze was visible from Highway 1 and was generating a lot of smoke Wednesday evening.
鈥淚t鈥檚 fairly big for a grass fire,鈥� spokesperson Kevin Skrepnek said. 鈥淏ut there鈥檚 nothing threatened at the moment. It鈥檚 just burning in the grass.鈥�
Nine provincial firefighters and Adams Lake Indian Band firefighters were on scene by about 6 p.m. Wednesday.
鈥淭he good news is we are expecting the weather to shift in the next day and night, so it shouldn鈥檛 burn for too long,鈥� he said.
The BC Wildfire Service states the blaze is one of more than a dozen sparked in B.C. in recent weeks, all of them believed to have been caused by human activity. British Columbians are asked to exercise caution given the dry conditions in many parts of the province.
鈥淚n areas where the snow has melted, the grass is pretty dry and crunchy,鈥� Skrepnek said.
With files from Kamloops This Week
marthawickett@saobserver.net
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