By NanaimoNewsNOW Staff

Local crews working to extinguish small, likely human-caused fire south of Nanaimo

Aug 23, 2017 | 4:36 PM

NANAIMO — Since there was no lightning in Nanaimo Wednesday morning, the Coastal Fire Centre says it’s likely a small fire south of the city was human-caused.

Jessica Poustie with the centre told NanaimoNewsNOW they were first made aware of the fire off Nanaimo River Rd. just before 6:50 a.m. on Aug. 23. Six crews went out and Poustie said it was easy to contain.

As of this afternoon, it’s listed as being 0.2-hectares in size and is considered held.

Poustie said while thankfully the island hasn’t grappled with any major wildfires, the fire danger rating is still extreme and the potential is always there.

“We could definitely see very large fires and that’s why we’re so prudent on asking the public to respect our campfire bans and open prohibitions we have in place.”

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There have been 81 fires throughout the CFC region since April 1, 76 of them person-caused. Poustie added there were 37 reports of illegal campfires throughout the region this past weekend.

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