NEAR KELOWNA — Three new fires ignited in the Joe Rich area near Kelowna on Monday.
One blaze ignited Monday afternoon on Highway 33 near Falkland Road. The B.C. Wildfire Service sent an initial attack crew to assist local fire fighters who were able to quickly put out the fire beside the highway.
Two of the small grass fires were on McCullough Forest Service Road on Monday morning.
Fire Information Officer Kayla Pepper says one of the fires was 0.1 hectares and the other was 10 metres by 10 metres.
“They are very small smoldering ground fires with very little open flame,” says Pepper. “It’s two separate fires right next to each other.”
Pepper says eight wildfire service personnel are at the scene, south of Mission Creek. She says no structures are being threatened by the fires.
No word on what may have caused either blaze.
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