Image: Carrie Partridge, used with permission / A vehicle fire is shown in this image taken by Bear Creek host Carrie Partridge. BC Wildfire Service says it has located a fire on Harrison Lake FSR; it has since grown to 3 hectares and is designated as out of control by BCWS.

By Mike Vanden Bosch

Wildfire

Update: Wildfire north of Harrison has grown to 8.2 hectares, but is being held

May 15, 2024 | 7:31 AM

**Update at 4:35 p.m. Thursday: The Bear Creek wildfire has grown to 8.2 hectares, but is being held, according to the latest BC Wildfire Service update on its website.**

**Update at 9:35 a.m. Thursday: BC Wildfire Service now says the fire north of Harrison Hot Springs, known as the Bear Creek fire, has grown to five hectares.**

**Update at 9:15 a.m. Wednesday: An RV or vehicle fire may have started the 3-hectare fire on, or near, Harrison Lake Forest Service Road. Social media images appear to show an RV or other vehicle on fire late Tuesday night. BC Wildfire Service says the fire was caused by human activity.**

Original story below:

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BC Wildfire Services says it has located a fire north of Harrison Hot Springs, east of Harrison Lake, on Harrison Lake Forest Service Road that has since grown to 3 hectares as of Wednesday morning.

The fire was discovered late Tuesday night (May 14). BCWS says the fire has been designated as out of control and was likely caused by humans, not natural activity like thunderstorms.

The cause is said to be an RV fire that spread to the nearby forests.

Out of control means it is a “wildfire that is spreading or it is anticipated to spread beyond the current perimeter, or control line.”

No information was available on the resources that BCWS might use to combat the fire.