No structures lost in North Shuswap blaze but increased fire activity expected
No structures were lost Wednesday night to the Lower East Adams Lake wildfire, and an increasing firefighting presence is working to make sure none are.
“Upon that happening, air tankers were launched, our entire skimmer fleet that’s based in Kamloops was launched, ground personnel were brought over…,” said Tower, explaining crews worked through the night to stop the fire’s spread towards the nearby community and to protect structures. “We have mass water delivery systems, we have north of 70-80 people working in the community and more… in terms of structure protection arriving,” said Tower.
On Monday, BCWS was not expecting the “worst-case scenario,” of the fire moving towards structures, it was announced Structure Protection Units positioned at properties south of the Adams Lake East blaze would be moving to Osoyoos and the Ross Moore Lake wildfire near Kamloops. There is just one road in and out of the area, which includes a cable ferry with limited capacity, and residents were waiting to be taken to the other side of the lake Wednesday afternoon “when all hell broke loose,” Berkley said in an interview on Thursday.
Tower said the blaze had been moving away from structures until the “drastic wind shift” caught forecasters by surprise.
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