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As of Monday, 33 firefighters, including one structure protection specialist, two helicopters and seven pieces of heavy equipment are being used to fight the fire. Three members of the Sun Peaks Fire Department are also assisting, according to the BC Wildfire Service (BCWFS). The fire is burning in difficult and steep terrain, with unstable slopes and rockslides posing risk to the safety of its crews. Inoperable areas are being monitored and helicopters are being utilized to bucket water into hot spots in the problematic areas, According to the BCWFS, crews are working with the structure protection specialist to protect properties from the interface fire and heavy equipment is being used along the McClure Forest Service Road, north of the blaze, to establish control lines.
127 People Arrested at Protest Camps near Fairy Creek and Caycuse
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The RCMP says 127 arrests have now been made at logging road blockades on Vancouver Island in the Fairy Creek area near Port Renfrew and Caycuse Valley south of Cowichan Lake.
The RCMP says that several of the people taken into custody had previously been arrested by police at the blockade camps.
A large number of the arrests took place on Tuesday when the RCMP says a group of people had gathered at a checkpoint on the McClure Forest Service Road and blocked traffic.