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Worker dies near the Nanaimo Lakes wildfire

Overhead shot of the Nanaimo Lakes Wildfire. Twitter/BC Wildfire Service

A man has died in the wildfire fight on Vancouver Island.

WorkSafeBC confirms the man was found dead in a vehicle south of Nanaimo on Monday night.

He was not a firefighter but it’s believed he died while making a delivery to the firefighters battling the blaze.

WorkSafeBC says the death was not related to a crash and the man worked at a logging company on Vancouver Island.

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The B.C. Coroners Service has advised the B.C. Wildfire Service that the death was from natural causes.

No other details have been released at this time.

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