Another fire was reported
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UPDATE 11:52 a.m
Another fire has been reported in the Shuswap following last night’s thunderstorm.
The BC Wildfire Service reports a fire in the Scotch Creek area of the Shuswap.
The fire is near Hillman Road and is listed as 0.01 hectares in size.
The official cause of the fire has not yet been determined.
UPDATE: 10:11 a.m
Another spot fire has been reported in the North Okanagan.
The BC Wildfire Service board shows a new fire east of Lumby near Bryers Road, south of Shuswap Falls.
As of 10 a.m. Friday, the fire was mapped at 0.01 hectares.
ORIGINAL: 9:38 am
The BC Wildfire Service reports three new fires in the North Okanagan-Shuswap.
A spot fire was reported east of Armstrong in the Miriam Creek area.
As of Friday morning, the fire has an area of 0.01 hectares.
There are also two new spot fires north of Salmon Arm.
A fire near Hudson Road in Anglemont reportedly started overnight.
Another spot fire was reported near Seymour Arm at the north end of Shuswap Lake, although the exact location has not been determined.
The Seymour Arm region was hit hard by wildfires last year, with the Lake Hunakwa fire growing to more than 3,300 hectares.
The cause of the new fires has not been determined, but overnight there were reports of lightning across the region.
BCWS has reported 15 new fires in the province in the past two days.
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