Several new wildfires are burning in the Nelson, Slocan Valley and north Kootenay Lake areas following a lightning storm Wednesday night.
As of Thursday at 4:30 p.m. the largest fire is 45 hectares located east of Argenta, according to B.C. Wildfire Services' .
A fire at Aylwinds Creek south of Silverton has also grown to 10 hectares. The RDCK has issued an near the fire.
The following fires are burning in the Nelson area. Southeast Fire Centre staff told the Nelson Star on Thursday that all of these fires have air tankers and ground crews working on them and priority will be given to those closer to structures and communities:
香蕉视频直播� Eagle Creek, 2.1 hectares, south of Blewett.
香蕉视频直播� Sandy Creek, under control.
香蕉视频直播� East Sandy Creek, 0.45 hectares.
香蕉视频直播� Upper Sandy Creek, 0.01 hectares, being held.
香蕉视频直播� Selous Creek, 0.002 hectares.
香蕉视频直播� Five Mile Creek, 0.2 hectares, in West Arm Provincial Park.
香蕉视频直播� Gold Creek, under control.
Slocan Valley:
香蕉视频直播� Ponderosa North FSR, near Lemon Creek, 1.1 hectare.
香蕉视频直播� Carpenter Creek, east of New Denver, 0.01 hectare, under control.
香蕉视频直播� Chapleau Creek, 0.1 hectares.
香蕉视频直播� Two fires at Nemo Creek, 0.009 and 0.6 hectares respectively.
香蕉视频直播� Mulvey, 0.009 hectares.
香蕉视频直播� McDonald Creek, 0.06 hectares.
香蕉视频直播� Two fires at Little Harlow, 0.1 and 0.02 hectares.
香蕉视频直播� Two fires at Summit Mountain, 0.1 and 0.06 hectares respectively.
Argenta, Meadow Creek area:
香蕉视频直播� Carter Creek, 0.1 hectares.
香蕉视频直播� Campell Creek, 0.009 hectares.
香蕉视频直播� Argenta Creek 3, 0.2 hectares.
香蕉视频直播� Argenta Creek 2, 0.009 hectares.
香蕉视频直播� Argenta Creek, 45 hectares.
香蕉视频直播� Cooper Creek, 0.009 hectares.
香蕉视频直播� Lower Meadow Mountain south of Meadow Creek, under control.
香蕉视频直播� Block Road, 0.009 hectares, under control
香蕉视频直播� Mt. Lavina, 0.009 hectares.
香蕉视频直播� Glacier Creek 2, 0.009 hectares.
香蕉视频直播� Glacier Creek, 0.01 hectares
香蕉视频直播� Hammill Creek, 0.009 hectares.
Nakusp:
香蕉视频直播� Kuskanax Creek, 0.009 hectares.
香蕉视频直播� Macleod Creek, 0.01 hectares.
Southeast Fire Centre staff said there may be more as-yet-undiscovered fires resulting from the lightning storm, and advised that If people have trouble getting through on the phone reporting line, they will have better luck on the B.C. Wildfire Service app.
The Nelson Star will update this information as it becomes available.
