The glow from the fire early Sunday could be seen over a kilometre away
A late-night brush fire on the weekend along the Dallas Road waterfront spread due to “tinder-dry conditions” and took two and a half hours to fully extinguish, the Victoria Fire Department says.
Acting Battalion Chief Brent Hoeppner said the grassy areas along Dallas Road are vulnerable this time of year. Hoeppner said the public needs to be vigilant at this time of year. “These are our parks and our grassways.”The fire danger is extreme in all parts of Vancouver Island, said Coastal Fire Centre information officer Nick Donnelly, but there have been no recent lightning-caused fires, as other parts of the province have seen.There were five fires on the Island as of Monday afternoon, with four deemed to be under control and one classified as being held.
Those under control include the 229-hectare Cameron Bluffs fire, which caused the closure of a stretch of Highway 4 for several days last month, although the road has since reopened to single-lane alternating traffic.
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