A prescribed burn planned for the Chimney Lake area could begin as early as Thursday (April 3).
Recreation Sites and Trails BC with support from the BC Wildfire Service, is planning a series of four prescribed burns at Chimney Lake and Felker Lake recreation sites covering a total of 9 hectares to help reduce the threat of wildfires.
Smoke and flames will be visible to the Chimney and Felker Lake recreation sites and smoke from within the perimeter of the burn may be visible up to 48 hours after ignition.
Signage will be posted along Chimney Lake Road and access into the recreation sites will be restricted for the duration of the burn which will continue periodically from April 3rd to 18th.
Crews will ignite ground fuels with hand torches and will control and closely monitor fire activity.
These burns are an annual project to reduce wildfire hazards at recreation sites by using fire to remove grass and fine fuels.
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