Fire ignites near Big White turnoff of Highway 33

| July 17, 2018 in Wildfire

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B.C. Wildfire is currently attending to a fire near Big White, confirmed Marla Catherall, Fire Information Officer of the Kamloops Fire Centre.

B.C. Wildfire Service is currently working on gathering information about the new wildfire, near the Big White turn-off of Highway 33, but estimates it to be approximately 0.01-hectares in size at this time.

No suspected cause has been reported at this time.

KelownaNow will update this story as more information becomes available.

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