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Sugar Lake wildfire triples in size

VERNON - A wildfire that was an estimated 33 hectares in size over the weekend tripled overnight. Fire information officer Melissa Klassen says the lightning-caused fire raging just north of Sugar Lake is now burning 107 hectares of timber. While the fire grew Sunday night, Klassen says the latest figure is the most accurate because...

UPDATE: Forest fire near Sugar Lake growing

LUMBY – A forest fire is burning just north of Sugar Lake has grown from 4 to 33 hectares but isn’t a threat to any communities or structures. Fire information officer Melissa Klassen says the blaze north west of Lumby is burning in heavy spruce. Two tanker groups from the air base in Kamloops dropped...