The Vernon Fire Department and the BC Wildfire Service are responding to a grass fire near the city.
The call came in around 3:20 p.m.
Officials said the fire is about two kilometres north of Predator Ridge golf course.
The BC Wildfire service is calling it a wind driven fire.
It’s grown to about four hectares.
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Tankers are dropping retardant around the perimeter of the fire, and one helicopter has
also been sent to the scene.
The fire is burning between rank 2 and rank 3, meaning it is spreading moderately, and some trees are fully involved.
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