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A BC Wildfire Service crew loads gear into a truck before heading out just before 6:30 a.m. on Tuesday to battle Kamloops-area wildfires. The Kamloops-Thompson school district and BC Wildfire Service worked out the logistics for the wildfire camp to occupy the land where Parkcrest elementary once stood, until it was razed by a fire in September 2019. The school will be rebuilt, with completion pegged for 2024. Photograph By Dave Eagles/KTW A night view of the massive Sparks Lake fire. The fire started about 40 kilometres northwest of Kamloops and has grown to almost 48,000 hectares as of July 20, 2021 Photograph By Contributed ....
This summer, Kristina Leduc has volunteered her time to help people like Schnieder. Leduc was one of the people who helped Schnieder transport her horses to fairgrounds in Barrière, about 65 kilometres north of Kamloops. I will often get phone calls and the owners, they re just so scared they re crying, said Leduc. Earlier this month she and a friend helped round up a herd of cattle in the Deadman River Valley, which was being threatened by the Sparks Lake wildfire. It s now grown to more than 45,000 hectares. Very emotional, very hard Leduc helped round up the cattle while on horseback and had to be careful as heat in the valley was hard on the cattle, which usually stay in hilly terrain until fall. ....