The BC wildfire service is responding to an out-of-control wildfire west of Nanaimo this afternoon.
The fire is around 2 hectares and is burning in a slash block on land managed by Mosaic Forest Management near Fourth Lake.
BCWS is working with Mosaic and using heavy machinery to build a guard around the fire’s perimeter.
They add the fire was reported late Tuesday night and is believed to be started by humans.