LILLOOET \u2013 The BC Wildfire Service will be supporting Xw\u00edsten in conducting a pile burning project about 9.5 kilometres down the Blackhills Forest Service Road (FSR) and approximately 13 kilometres north of Lillooet. Up to 30 piles will be burnt for this project.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Key goals of the pile burning include:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Smoke may be visible from Pavillion, Fountain Indian Reserve, Lillooet and surrounding areas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The exact timing of this work will depend on weather and site conditions, but it could begin as early as Thursday, Oct 15. 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
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: http:\/\/www.bcwildfire.ca<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n You can follow the latest wildfire news on:<\/p>\n\n\n\n Contact:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Brent Narcisse Gary Forsyth Fire Information Officer Connect with the Province of B.C. at www.gov.bc.ca\/connect<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" LILLOOET \u2013 The BC Wildfire Service will be supporting Xw\u00edsten in conducting a pile burning project about 9.5 kilometres down the Blackhills Forest Service Road (FSR) and approximately 13 kilometres north of Lillooet. Up to 30 piles will be burnt for this project. Key goals of the pile burning include: Smoke may be visible from … 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-31423","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\/31423","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=31423"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blog.gov.bc.ca\/bcwildfire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31423\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":31428,"href":"https:\/\/blog.gov.bc.ca\/bcwildfire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31423\/revisions\/31428"}],"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=31423"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.gov.bc.ca\/bcwildfire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=31423"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.gov.bc.ca\/bcwildfire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=31423"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}\n
Lands Coordinator\/Field Technician\/FireSmart Coordinator
Bridge River Indian Band (Xw\u00edsten)
250-256-7997
Lands-Coord@xwisten.ca<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
Administrator
Bridge River Indian Band (Xw\u00edsten)
250-256-7423<\/p>\n\n\n\n
BC Wildfire Service
Kamloops Fire Centre
250-554-5965
BCWS.KFCInfo@gov.bc.ca<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n