British Columbia’s wildfire service says it’s cautiously optimistic that rain this weekend will assist crews comprise the big wildfires burning close to Fort St. John for the final two weeks.
Fire Information Officer Karley Desrosiers says the Stoddart Creek wildfire — the most important of the blazes — grew by solely six sq. kilometres within the final 24 hours, aided by southerly winds blowing the flames north.
The fireplace is now measured at 266 sq. kilometres, and Desrosiers says crews will benefit from the blaze’s northerly course to arrange a managed burn close to Highway 97 on the fireplace’s southern edge.
If profitable, the managed burn would considerably enhance the strains of defence when the wind course is forecasted to vary again in the direction of the south later within the weekend.
Environment Canada is forecasting a 30-to-40 per cent probability of showers for Fort St. John on Saturday and Sunday, adopted by rain on Monday.
But the forecast can also be calling for thunderstorms for each Saturday and Sunday, and Desrosiers says crews are on the look ahead to dry lightning and any new potential fires that will get ignited if rain doesn’t fall in vital quantities.
