Image: BC Wildfire Service via Facebook / The Kookipi Creek fire originally located approximately 16 kilometres northwest of Boston Bar and seven kilometres east of Nahatlatch Lake has grown over 1,200 hectares in size in less than 24 hours. According to the BC Wildfire Service website and its Facebook page, the wildfire (V11337) was 8,791 hectares in size as of Friday afternoon at 4:51 p.m. It has since expanded to an incredible magnitude of 10,500 hectares as of Saturday, August 19 at 11:27 a.m., the BCWS website indicated.
Hwy. 1 through Fraser Canyon still closed
No detour available as Hwy. 1 remains closed north of Hope, Kookipi fire now exceeds 10K hectares
Aug 19, 2023 | 3:33 PM
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HOPE — The Kookipi Creek fire originally located approximately 16 kilometres northwest of Boston Bar and seven kilometres east of Nahatlatch Lake has grown over 1,200 hectares in size in less than 24 hours.
According to the BC Wildfire Service website and its Facebook page, the wildfire (V11337) was 8,791 hectares in size as of Friday afternoon at 4:51 p.m.
It has since expanded to an incredible magnitude of 10,500 hectares as of Saturday, August 19 at 11:27 a.m., the BCWS website indicated.
Highway 1 between Haig Station Road, just north of Hope, and Lytton remains closed. Much of the highway between Hope and Lytton has been closed since Thursday night, August 17.
