A suspected human caused fire was contained at the top of the popular Billy Goat Bluffs Trail near Lakeview Arrowcreek Road on June 16.
Creston Fire Rescue (CFR), Wynndel Lakeview Fire (WLFD) and the Canyon-Lister Fire Department (CFLD) responded alongside four BC Wildfire Service crew members according to the CLF Facebook updates.
“We, along with Creston Fire Rescue and Wynndel Lakeview Fire, responded to a wildfire on Foster Rd off Lakeview Arrowcreek Rd. The fire was approximately 0.4 hectares, and was right beside the Billy Goat Bluffs picnic tables. A BC Wildfire Service crew is also on scene. The fire is being held at this time.”
As of June 17, the BC Wildfire dashboard shows 13 wildfires in the South East Fire Centre, two of which are human caused.
The largest is the Linklater Creek wildfire, 50 hectares in size near Tobacco plains by the US border.