FRASER COMPLEX
Shovel Lake Wildfire (R11498)
Shovel Lake (R11498), part of the Babine Complex, Northwest Fire Centre
Location: 6.7 km north of Endako
Status: 79, 192 hectares estimated (due to better mapping visibility-includes recent growth over last few days)
Cause: Under investigation
Resources: 113 firefighters, 52 pieces of heavy equipment, 8 helicopters
Objectives: The Shovel Lake fire remains active. Around the entire perimeter there was some small growth. Structural Protection is being conducted in the community of Fort St. James, Nadleh Whut’en, and the north shore of Fraser Lake. Better visibility this morning will facilitate improved mapping of the fire perimeter. Crews and heavy equipment continue to work to establish guard along the png pipeline east from Stern Lake, as well as along the east side of the fire on the Sutherland FSR and Barlow FSR as an equipment strike team in conjunction with local industry. Crews will be conducting a burn-off from Stern Lake to Ormond Creek to remove fuels from the south perimeter. This will act as a fuel free area to help stop the fire growth south towards the north shore of Fraser Lake. Air tankers and skimmers were assisting the equipment in establishing this guard two days ago, and will continue today as visibility allows. Additional resources will be arriving today and tomorrow.
Evacuations: An Evacuation Order and Alert remains in effect for this wildfire by the Bulkley Nechako Regional District, with the alert being expanded last night. For more information visit: https://www.rdbn.bc.ca/ BC Wildfire Service continues to implement an Area Order Restriction to protect public safety due to the wildfire’s rate of spread and to avoid interference with fire suppression efforts. The area restriction will remain in place until noon on Sept. 15, 2018, or until the order is rescinded. The area restriction order applies to all Crown land outlined on the map (including recreational campgrounds) that is available online at: http://ow.ly/X8Mr30lbPR9
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