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Cowichan Lake wildfire downgraded, Coastal Wildfire Service

A wildfire south of Cowichan Lake discovered on July 2 is now being held and is reduced in size. 

According to the B-C Wildfire service, the fire has been reduced to just under 6 hectares and is slowly dwindling.  

The latest information indicates the fire is around five point eight hectares in size and is projected to remain in its controlled perimeter. 

The B-C Wildfire Service says there are currently 82 active wildfires in the province, nine of which have started in the past 24 hours. 

Since April 1, there have been a total of 500 wildfires in B-C, 61 per cent of which are human caused and have burned more than 690 thousand hectares.  

Justin Baumgardner
Justin Baumgardner
Justin Baumgardner is a local reporter in the Cowichan Valley on Vancouver Island, and is based in Duncan. He has worked in radio for over three years, with all of them in British Columbia.He was previously at 91.7 Coast FM in Nanaimo and also has a weekend show on 89.7 Sun FM.When he is not on the air, he can be found travelling the island and enjoying everything that beautiful British Columbia has to offer.

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