Babine complex wildfires better measured by the BC Wildfire Service

The Regional District of Bulkley-Nechako (RDBN) has updated the Babine Complex wildfires, which includes the Nadina Lake and Verdun Mountain blazes.

As of 5PM this evening, the BC wildfire Service states the following:

NADINA LAKE WILDFIRE:

• 78,000 hectares in size (60km south of Houston)
• Lightning caused
• 47 firefighters with 67 pieces of heavy equipment
• Crews have split the fire into four sections of attack, guards to be set up

VERDUN MOUNTAIN WILDFIRE:

• 17,000 hectares in size (10km southwest of Grassy Plains)
• Lightning-caused
• 103 firefighters with 41 pieces of heavy equipment
• Guards completed at Takysie Lake and Tatalaska Lake

CHESLATTA LAKE WILDFIRES:

• 7,700 hectares in size combined (18km west of Jim Smiths Point on the Oosta Reservoir)
• Seven firefighters with 12 pieces of heavy equipment
• Guard planned for Holy Cross Forest Service Road (FSR), attempting to steer fire into Nechako Lake

Anyone on evacuation ORDER is being asked to leave immediately; a meeting is being hosted in Grassy Plains tonight on this issue.

For more evacuee information, you can click here.

For more information on all the current wildfires in the Northwest and Prince George Fire Centres, you can click here.

A Wildfire Public Meeting will be held on August 20 at 6 pm at the Grassy Plains School. pic.twitter.com/FghAut8vYF

— BN Emergency Info (@BNemergencyInfo) August 20, 2018