Firefighters, a helicopter and the Kaleden fire department were fighting a small grass fire south of Kaleden Sunday afternoon.
B.C. Wildfire Service said the smoldering ground-fire was around 30 x 40 metres in size as of 2:30 p.m. Sunday.
The blaze, which has been named the Mount McLellan Fire, was not threatening any structures.
Later in the afternoon the Wildfire Service said the blaze was “being held.”
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It’s located around 4.5 kilometres south of Kaleden.
What sparked the fire has not been determined.
The South Okanagan, along with the rest of the Okanagan Valley, is currently under a heat warning.
– with files from Shelby Thom
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