The Martin Lake area wildfire in the Chilcotin continues to be fought by BC Wildfire Service crews.
Fire Information Officer Jessica Mack said they did see minimal growth yesterday (Wednesday) and is currently estimated to be 2258 hectares in size and a lot of that growth is due to more accurate tracking that was done on the incident.
“We continue to have ground crews that will remain on site with more resources that are being mobilized over the weekend and heavy equipment worked into the night. We continue to see progress being made to secure the control lines and improve access for our crews.”
Mack noted that they currently do have assessments that are underway for potential planned ignitions and that is just to help bring the fire perimeter to the control line, to remove that unburnt fuel, and to help slow and stop the fire’s spread.
“Really strengthen those containment lines on the flank of that fire and that really just provides us with a more safe and reliable line to work from and we continue to receive support from our aviation resources,” Mack said.
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