From Chief Andy Palaniak:
We had a very busy night last evening. BC Wildfire (BCWS) had done an incredible amount of work securing fire guards along the north flank of the Elephant Hill fire in order to protect the Watch Lake/North Green Lake areas. In addition to this action, they were dealing with many hot spots within the perimeter. The helicopters and skimmers have been working the maximum allowable number of flying hours everyday. We were informed of a pending wind event yesterday. BCWS, WLNGLVFD, and South Green Lake VFD got prepared for this event. Unfortunately, Mother Nature had her own ideas and fired up the hot spots with the wind and pushed the fire in a north-easterly direction through Little Green Lake.
Your fire dept. spent the entire night assisting BCWS with water tender support and patrolling the eastern end of both lakes. Some residents were even evacuated. The wind has died down this morning, but is supposed to be pick up later today. We, along with BCWS, are on top of the situation and public safety remains our number one priority. Thank you.
