Elephant Hill fire burned aggressively Tuesday, but within perimeter
KAMLOOPS — Interior residents who thought they noticed more aggressive activity on the Elephant Hill wildfire west of Kamloops yesterday are right.
Fire Information Officer Claire Allen says the fire did flare up yesterday, but thankfully that happened within existing lines.
“When that fire burned in that area, it left a lot of remaining unburned fuel pockets,” said Allen. “So what the fire is doing right now, given the prevailing dry and windy conditions, is fuel-finding — finding unburned green pockets within the previously burned areas that it can work through.”
The third-largest fire in BC is now listed at 166,913 hectares in size, due to more accurate mapping.