Two new wildfires were added to the BC Wildfire map northwest of Shuswap Lake on Wednesday night, Aug. 17.
A wildfire near Humamilt Lake, cause unknown, is estimated at 0.01 hectares.
The location of a lightning-caused fire near Momich Lake Provincial Park is described as Cayenne Creek. Still small or 91ÂãÁÄÊÓƵ˜spot-sized,91ÂãÁÄÊÓƵ™ but slightly larger than the Humamilt Lake wildfire, it91ÂãÁÄÊÓƵ™s estimated to be 0.1 hectares.
Meanwhile the Mt. Grice-Hutchinson wildfire to the southeast off Shuswap Lake, estimated at 7.9 hectares Wednesday afternoon, prompted an evacuation alert for five boat-in only cabins in Electoral Area F.
An evacuation alert warns of potential threat to life and/or property and is intended to give residents time to be ready for a possible evacuation.
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