Posted:
July 11, 2021
Two new wildfires reported south of Canal Flats
BC Wildfire Service today (July 11) reports two new fires in the East Kootenay in the past 24 hours.
There is a lightning-caused fire near Centaur Lake, about five km south of Canal Flats, located between Findlay Creek and the Kootenay River. The fire is estimated at three hectares.
The second fire is about 11 km northeast of the first, alongside North Lussier River Road, about nine km southeast of Canal Flats. Discovered July 11, the cause of the estimated .04 ha fire is unknown at this time.
The fire reported in Copper Creek, between Highway 93/95 and the Kootenay River, about 12 km south of Canal Flats is no longer appearing on BC Wildfire Service’s wildfire dashboard.
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