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A BC Forest Service air tanker drops a load of retardant on a large forest fire on the hill above Skutz Falls on Tuesday afternoon. The plane was one of several aircraft, including helicopters and the Martin Mars water bomber, called out to help fight the fire, which was still blazing on Thursday. [KEVIN ROTHBAUER/CITIZEN]
Aircraft battle Skutz Falls wildfire SARAH SIMPSON CITIZEN
At last measurement, a Skutz Falls fire that ignited Tuesday evening was mapped at 16 hectares, up six hectares from Wednesday’s estimate, according to the BC Coastal Fire Centre, but
that number may be deceiving. While the fire likely did grow in area, the higher measurement also means crews were able to gather more exact GPS data as to the fire’s borders on Thursday compared to previous days’ estimates, explained Fire Informa-
tion Officer Marg Drysdale. “It’s a moving target for the first little while,” she said. “You take a couple of people’s best guesses and you factor in smoke and you factor in slope, all of those things, and until they actually can get a mapped size, it’s never exact.”
The human-caused fire remained 20 per cent contained Thursday morning. Drysdale said the incident commander reported that with the personnel that he has — now a crew of 75 on the ground in addition to five helicopters in the air
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