A small forest fire is burning in the Wilson’s Landing area along Westside Road, south of Fintry Provincial Park – west of Kelowna.

“It’s just up above Wilson’s Landing,” says Fire Officer Michaela Swan. “It’s currently estimated at half a hectare in size and there are two initial attack crews on site.”

Initial attack crews are three member teams who move in first to assess the situation and begin a preliminary plan of attack.

“They have requested the air tankers out of Penticton as well as one helicopter with an additional crew.”

Swan added that the firefighters on the scene suspect the fire was started by lightning sometime Friday night, but noted that further investigation is still required to confirm the cause.

The call came in shortly before 10:00 a.m. Saturday.

“It’s still an active fire and it is not contained. It has a moderate rate of spread at this time but there is no immediate threat to any structures.”

Files from Castanet and above picture from Shawna Peters.

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