The Burgess Creek Wildfire 20 kilometres east of Alexandria between Quesnel and Williams Lake has grown.
Fire Information Officer at the Cariboo Fire Centre, Madison Dahl said it grew 200 hectares yesterday (Tuesday) and is now 1800 hectares in size.
Dahl said they are expecting the possibility of a few showers or at least a decrease in the temperature today (Wednesday) and the winds that came through yesterday are expected to die down for a few days.
“Despite cloud cover and the cooler conditions there is still a high chance of any open flame escaping and growing. Just because it’s a bit cooler we still are seeing very dry conditions out there.”
Dahl noted that they have an increase in resources, today we have over 110 firefighters on site, we also have 16 pieces of heavy equipment and additional air support.
-Files by Pat Matthews, My Cariboo Now