Two prescribed burns will be ongoing in the Siwash area over the next ten days.
The BC Wildfire Service and Cariboo Chilcotin Natural Resource District will be conducting the prescribed burns starting on Tuesday, October 14, and will continue periodically until Friday, October 24.
The burns will be conducted on approximately 220 hectares of land in the community of Yunisit’in and southwest of Alexis Creek, around 100 kilometres west of Williams Lake.
The Cariboo Fire Centre said the burns will be split into two treatment areas, which will be ignited at different times, and burning will only start and continue with safe conditions.
The Fire Centre says smoke and flames may be visible to residents in the area and motorists along Highway 20. Smoke from within the perimeter of the burns may also be visible for 72 hours after being ignited.
Firefighters will be on-site through the day and evening to monitor all fire activity, and extinguish the burns at the end of the day.
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