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Passing Highway 97 motorist reports fires along CN tracks south of Prince George

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Red Rock/Stoner, Pineview volunteer firefighters prevent what could have developed into out-of-control wildfire

Tamara Colebank was heading home to Hixon from Prince George p.m. Saturday night when she spotted a red glow coming from bush near the train tracks that run alongside the east side of Highway 97 just past the weigh scales at Red Rock.

Conditions in the forest were dangerously dry that day, following Friday’s hot and sunny conditions that raised thermometers into the mid-20s. Colebank was worried the three fires would spread and develop into a major blaze in the tinderbox conditions. Three firefighting vehicles/apparatus and 12 volunteer firefighter from the two stations were sent to the scene. They extinguished three fires and performed mop-up operations and were back at their firehalls by about 11 p.m.“We will be looking into it to see if we can provide more information, but at this point no cause has been determined,” said Erasmus.

 

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