Plateau fire new name for combined Cariboo fires
CARIBOO, B.C. — The Plateau wildfire is now the largest in the province.
Chief Fire Information Officer Kevin Skrepnek says a cluster of wildfires burning in the western part of the Cariboo region north of Highway 20 joined together over the weekend.
The combined fires are now being referred to as the Plateau fire.
Many of the fires, burning since July 7th, were previously listed as Chezacut, Tautri, Bishop’s Bluff, Baezaeko, Wentworth Creek, Arc Mountain, and others.