CASTLEGAR – Effective Thursday, October 20, 2022, the Negro Creek fire weather station will be renamed Bigattini. Those looking for fire danger ratings, weather observations and/or fire weather indices from the Negro Creek station should now reference Bigattini. The station remains at 49.4539 N, -115.9872 W, elevation 1,540 metres.

Bigattini was chosen as it is the name of a nearby mountain in the Moyie Range.

The Southeast Fire Centre would like to thank industry for its continuing help in preventing wildfires. To report a wildfire or open burning violation, call 1 800 663-5555 toll-free or *5555 on a cellphone.

The Southeast Fire Centre extends from the U.S. border in the south to Mica Dam in the north, and from the Okanagan Highlands and Monashee Mountains in the west, to the B.C.- Alberta border in the east.

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Contact:

Southeast Fire Information Officer

Ministry of Forests

250 318-7715

BCWS.SEFCInformationOfficer@gov.bc.ca Connect with the Province of B.C. at www.gov.bc.ca/connect