SMITHERS – The BC Wildfire Service will be supporting the Ministry of Forests Wildfire Risk Reduction Program with firefighting personnel to burn piles of wood debris. These piles were created through a 10-hectare fuel management project along the Seymour Ridge trail in effort to reduce the risk of unwanted wildfire. The piles are located on Seymour Ridge, about seven kilometres up Hudson Bay Mountain Road.
This project is scheduled to start as early as April 11, 2023.
Smoke from this burn may be visible from Highway 16, the Town of Smithers, the Village of Telkwa and the surrounding area.
The exact timing of the pile burn will depend on site, weather and venting conditions. Pile burning will proceed only if conditions are suitable and allow smoke to dissipate. Staff from the BC Wildfire Service will carefully prepare, control and monitor these fires.
The intent of the prescribed burn is to remove these debris piles and help reduce fuel in the event of an unwanted wildfire in the area.
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