Lakes and mountains across the mid Island were shrouded in smoke Friday because of a large active wildfire near Gold River.
“You look around and it’s very smoky again today,” said Gold River Mayor Brad Unger. “It’s very hard on the community. You’ve got your seniors who have some health issues. You’re really concerned for them.”
The fire is just east of the village at the Heber River. It is 352 hectares big and was sparked by lightning on Sept. 6.“It was a fire that was considered a Modified Response so it was very high up and very inaccessible so once it’s moved into an area where our people can deal with it and have access to the fire then they’ve gone in and are working largely along the base of this fire at the moment,” said Coastal Fire Centre Information Officer Marg Drysdale.
A crew is on the ground fighting the fire and one helicopter was bucketing water on it from above Friday.Sign up for our newsletter to get breaking news and daily digests sent to your email.
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