As fire behaviour has decreased the last couple days, BC Wildfire Service (BCWS) was able to provide a more accurate size of the Snaking River wildfire.
In a Tuesday afternoon (Aug. 5) update, BCWS now estimates the size of the fire to be 893 hectares in size, down from the 1,168 that was listed the last couple of days.
The fire has displayed mostly Rank 1 fire behaviour, with pockets of Rank 2 on Tuesday as a result of cooler temperature, said BCWS.
Despite this, all evacuation alerts for the properties within the fire's vicinity remain in effect. More information on this alert is available on the CRD Emergency Operations website here: cariboord.ca/EOC. The Nazko First Nation implemented an evacuation alert for its community, which also remains in effect.
BCWS has not updated its response plan for Wednesday yet. The objectives fire crews were tacking on Tuesday can be found here.
