Posted:
July 2, 2021
New fires reported as earlier blazes extinguished
BC Wildfire Service this afternoon reports the two wildfires in the Plumbob Creek area, started by lighting southeast of Cranbrook, and one west of the city in the Kiakho Lakes area are now off record, or extinguished.
However, three new fires are being reported in or near the East Kootenay.
A fire is being reported in the Bootleg/Matthew Creek area about nine kilometres west of Kimberley.
The fire, believed to be caused by lightning, is estimated at .6 hectares.
The City of Kimberley reports the Kimberley Fire Department has been made aware the wildfire in the Matthew Creek area west of Kimberley.