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Smoke haze thickens as heat returns
A thick smoke haze is drifting over Cranbrook and Kimberley and other areas due to wildfires in the region, as well as outside the East Kootenay.
A 180-hectare fire in the St. Mary Alpine Park, 40 km northwest of Kimberley, is zero per cent contained as of Sunday, August 2 at 11:09 a.m.
“This fire is being monitored by Wildfire Service personnel and depending on local weather patterns, smoke from this fire will continue to be visible; however, it is burning in a remote location and is not threatening any communities or structures,” BC Wildfire Service reports. The lightning caused fire was discovered on July 4. See approximate location of this wildfire on a Mapquest map.
There is also a small wildfire (.09 ha) northwest of Cranbrook (east of New Lake) that is believed to have been human caused.
And a fire in the Ward Creek area, east of Gilnockie Provincial Park, burning since July 21, is still active at about 110 ha.
View an interactive map of all active wildfires of note.
Lead image: Fort Steele Heritage Town and the barely visible Steeples beyond, as of 5:50 p.m. this evening (August 2). Ian Cobb/e-KNOW
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