{"id":31318,"date":"2026-10-02T08:54:09","date_gmt":"2026-10-02T15:54:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.gov.bc.ca\/bcwildfire\/?p=31318"},"modified":"2026-10-02T08:54:09","modified_gmt":"2026-10-02T15:54:09","slug":"pile-burning-planned-for-areas-within-the-kamloops-fire-zone","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.gov.bc.ca\/bcwildfire\/pile-burning-planned-for-areas-within-the-kamloops-fire-zone\/","title":{"rendered":"Pile burning planned for areas within the Kamloops Fire Zone"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>KAMLOOPS \u2013 The BC Wildfire Service is assisting Interfor in conducting wildfire risk reduction projects throughout the Kamloops Fire Zone, as described below. Crews will be burning approximately 20 piles throughout these locations as site and weather conditions allow.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Pile burning will occur:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>approximately 40 kilometres northeast of Clearwater along the Raft River Forest Service Road (FSR) and Raft Kowalski FSR<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>approximately 15 kilometres north of Lee Creek off of the Lee Creek FSR<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>approximately 20 kilometres west of Adams Lake near the Fadear Creek area<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>The purpose of this project is to help mitigate wildfire risk in the area by reducing the accumulation of fuels (e.g., tree limbs, woody debris, organic material).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Smoke may be visible from Clearwater, Scotch Creek, Adams Lake and surrounding areas and to motorists travelling along Highway 5.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The exact timing of this burn will depend on weather and site conditions, but it could begin as early as Friday, October 2. Burning will proceed if conditions are suitable and allow for smoke dispersal during burn operations, though smoke may also linger in the following days.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To report a wildfire, unattended campfire, or open burning violation, call 1 800 663-5555 tollfree or *5555 on a cell phone or through the BC Wildfire Service mobile app. For the latest information on current wildfire activity, burning restrictions, road closures and air-quality advisories, visit: <a href=\"https:\/\/can01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fe1.envoke.com%2Fext%2Fclick%2Fgo%2F4c4891b8ca026f49acc615ccfc4d27af%2Fa113dc30b4c2dddaef56abfd1f5e7104%2Fd53189420d5b34e03352d5c63ad81031&amp;data=05%7C02%7Cfireinfo%40gov.bc.ca%7C6a9fa5b8b02d4594b50408df209c7084%7C6fdb52003d0d4a8ab036d3685e359adc%7C0%7C0%7C639265528411844367%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=u4ShGlWZVPTMlqyMFXs1alLtzWJzfVqRdvQ%2BNxm6bcY%3D&amp;reserved=0\">http:\/\/www.bcwildfire.ca<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For the latest information on current wildfire activity, burning restrictions and more:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Visit <a href=\"https:\/\/can01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fe1.envoke.com%2Fext%2Fclick%2Fgo%2F4c4891b8ca026f49acc615ccfc4d27af%2F84104da2e85b80e4c8d6abfd1f5e7b64%2Fd53189420d5b34e03352d5c63ad81031&amp;data=05%7C02%7Cfireinfo%40gov.bc.ca%7C6a9fa5b8b02d4594b50408df209c7084%7C6fdb52003d0d4a8ab036d3685e359adc%7C0%7C0%7C639265528411856626%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=5nYNLTVn0gauEHs5uO2jYIezjMz3g6%2Fmf3O2Wjltxlg%3D&amp;reserved=0\">BCWildfire.ca<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Download the free <a href=\"https:\/\/can01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fe1.envoke.com%2Fext%2Fclick%2Fgo%2F4c4891b8ca026f49acc615ccfc4d27af%2F7a8f6dcfc15b880577b6abfd1f5e8665%2Fd53189420d5b34e03352d5c63ad81031&amp;data=05%7C02%7Cfireinfo%40gov.bc.ca%7C6a9fa5b8b02d4594b50408df209c7084%7C6fdb52003d0d4a8ab036d3685e359adc%7C0%7C0%7C639265528411868947%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=lSE6tPKHaScjS05gPDRlD29jITJII3NsGTiszgLB0Bk%3D&amp;reserved=0\">BC Wildfire Service mobile app<\/a> or access the <a href=\"https:\/\/can01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fe1.envoke.com%2Fext%2Fclick%2Fgo%2F4c4891b8ca026f49acc615ccfc4d27af%2F1944fa8a7d309a1a9b66abfd1f5e93d8%2Fd53189420d5b34e03352d5c63ad81031&amp;data=05%7C02%7Cfireinfo%40gov.bc.ca%7C6a9fa5b8b02d4594b50408df209c7084%7C6fdb52003d0d4a8ab036d3685e359adc%7C0%7C0%7C639265528411880218%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=OmhiR%2FIU8U57AkotZCZ%2FUqTy7HHKoh%2B5Xy%2BOWqdpjZI%3D&amp;reserved=0\">map and dashboard<\/a> online<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Follow the BC Wildfire Service on <a href=\"https:\/\/can01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fe1.envoke.com%2Fext%2Fclick%2Fgo%2F4c4891b8ca026f49acc615ccfc4d27af%2Ffc2b07f7a40b2e041f16abfd1f5e9da6%2Fd53189420d5b34e03352d5c63ad81031&amp;data=05%7C02%7Cfireinfo%40gov.bc.ca%7C6a9fa5b8b02d4594b50408df209c7084%7C6fdb52003d0d4a8ab036d3685e359adc%7C0%7C0%7C639265528411890817%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=rUmTRLl8mIsNnDtfWSHF7TqCd%2F9rIsEUYu1gRv5tqA4%3D&amp;reserved=0\">Facebook<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/can01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fe1.envoke.com%2Fext%2Fclick%2Fgo%2F4c4891b8ca026f49acc615ccfc4d27af%2F4fa454c133f73651dd46abfd1f5eab76%2Fd53189420d5b34e03352d5c63ad81031&amp;data=05%7C02%7Cfireinfo%40gov.bc.ca%7C6a9fa5b8b02d4594b50408df209c7084%7C6fdb52003d0d4a8ab036d3685e359adc%7C0%7C0%7C639265528411901569%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=FoqHEXciSZ5UqT6JNeFmwCfAKryZLjj18BknmQHuZsA%3D&amp;reserved=0\">Instagram<\/a>, or <a href=\"https:\/\/can01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fe1.envoke.com%2Fext%2Fclick%2Fgo%2F4c4891b8ca026f49acc615ccfc4d27af%2F7d630dd4aef550afaf06abfd1f5ebe18%2Fd53189420d5b34e03352d5c63ad81031&amp;data=05%7C02%7Cfireinfo%40gov.bc.ca%7C6a9fa5b8b02d4594b50408df209c7084%7C6fdb52003d0d4a8ab036d3685e359adc%7C0%7C0%7C639265528411912726%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=4Vvl3OklJmfTnpoUtXx93xTYLuOau9M6csNJneOfdUo%3D&amp;reserved=0\">YouTube<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Contact:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Melissa Kendall, RPF<br>Forestry Supervisor<br>Interfor, Adams Lake Division<br>236-800-3671<br><a href=\"mailto:melissa.kendall@interfor.com\">melissa.kendall@interfor.com<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Fire Information Officer<br>BC Wildfire Service<br>Kamloops Fire Centre<br>250-554-5965<br><a href=\"mailto:BCWS.KFCInfo@gov.bc.ca\">BCWS.KFCInfo@gov.bc.ca<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Connect with the Province of B.C. at <a href=\"https:\/\/can01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fe1.envoke.com%2Fext%2Fclick%2Fgo%2F4c4891b8ca026f49acc615ccfc4d27af%2F87ee0040cdc7ee551436abfd1f5ec92f%2Fd53189420d5b34e03352d5c63ad81031&amp;data=05%7C02%7Cfireinfo%40gov.bc.ca%7C6a9fa5b8b02d4594b50408df209c7084%7C6fdb52003d0d4a8ab036d3685e359adc%7C0%7C0%7C639265528411922796%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=DhNTPdf0zLm1fh3O5Pci3Ox3ZII3K3BaHOMqGz%2BV3jU%3D&amp;reserved=0\">www.gov.bc.ca\/connect<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>KAMLOOPS \u2013 The BC Wildfire Service is assisting Interfor in conducting wildfire risk reduction projects throughout the Kamloops Fire Zone, as described below. Crews will be burning approximately 20 piles throughout these locations as site and weather conditions allow. Pile burning will occur: The purpose of this project is to help mitigate wildfire risk in &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.gov.bc.ca\/bcwildfire\/pile-burning-planned-for-areas-within-the-kamloops-fire-zone\/\">Continued<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8071,"featured_media":23783,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[543,67,32],"class_list":["post-31318","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-information-bulletins","tag-app","tag-kfc","tag-prevention"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.gov.bc.ca\/bcwildfire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31318","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.gov.bc.ca\/bcwildfire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.gov.bc.ca\/bcwildfire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.gov.bc.ca\/bcwildfire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8071"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.gov.bc.ca\/bcwildfire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=31318"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/blog.gov.bc.ca\/bcwildfire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31318\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":31341,"href":"https:\/\/blog.gov.bc.ca\/bcwildfire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31318\/revisions\/31341"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.gov.bc.ca\/bcwildfire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/23783"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.gov.bc.ca\/bcwildfire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=31318"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.gov.bc.ca\/bcwildfire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=31318"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.gov.bc.ca\/bcwildfire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=31318"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}