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Forest-fire season has arrived in region

Four human-caused blazes kept forestry firefighters in the Kamloops Fire Centre busy
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Four human caused blazes in the region called out Kamloops Fire Centre firefighters last weekend.

By Kamloops This Week

Four human-caused blazes kept forestry firefighters in the Kamloops Fire Centre busy over last weekend.

The closest to Kamloops was a one-hectare fire on Greenstone Mountain. Crews were back at it yesterday mopping up.

In the North Thompson, a 1.5-hectare blaze that started Sunday was extinguished by provincial crews with the help of Clearwater Fire Department.

Two other fires in the South Okanagan — one 13 hectares and the other 80 hectares — were also attacked by ministry crews.

Fire information officer Kayla Pepper said the 80-hectare blaze includes a large area that was the subject of open burning.

Pepper said there’s been one constant with all of the fires in the Kamloops Fire Centre this year — the cause.

“All fires have been person-caused this year,” she said.