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Updated: Wildfire near Nanaimo Lakes Road being held

Tyler Hay
By Tyler Hay

UPDATE: The BC Wildfire Service says the fire is being held at 8.6 hectares as of 12:19 p.m.

A wildfire has sparked in the forestry near Nanaimo Lakes Road.

BC Wildfire Services  says it is currently 7.7 hectares and was discovered yesterday.

According to the wildfire service’s map, the fire sparked just north of Nanaimo Lakes Road, east of Manson and Boulder Creeks.

It is currently the only wildfire on Vancouver Island BC Wildfire Service has designated as out of control.

Tyler Hay
Tyler Hay
Tyler has been back and forth between Vancouver Island and Alberta during his career in journalism. He first joined Vista Radio in Lethbridge, Alberta after working as an editor in Ladysmith and Parksville. Now he is back on the Island to settle and is based out of Nanaimo writing about local politics. When not writing, he is busy sailing, riding motorcycles and fixing things in his shop.

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