The Mounties say that a forest fire has triggered the withdrawal near Liton, BC when a wheel fell from an RCMP trailer in a “tremendous unfortunate” incident.
Staff Sergeant. Chris Clarke said in a statement that “equipment failure” ignited the Izman Creek Fire, about 250 km north of Vancouver, on Highway 12 on Tuesday afternoon.
The wildfire began a day after the fourth anniversary of a blast, which destroyed most of the villages of Litton, and now it has increased to 130 hectares and upgraded to the only forest fire of notes in the province.
Clarke says that it seems that the trailer’s right-side wheel was “evicted” in the incident causing a fire in the grass-filled gap.
Clarke says an official tried to explode with the fire extinguisher, but failed, and the BC Wildfire Service quickly sent the crew to fight the fire.
About 100 km north -western from the trailer Litton, a police dive in the search for a missing swimmer in Setan Lake was carrying the equipment of the dive team.
The Izman Creek Fire is one of the burning fire in the fire province, but is the only fire of the note, which means it is creating an increased level of interest.
Wildfire service in its latest status report says that the cooling position and thunder are in forecast for most of the province, which gives a lesser chance of electricity.
The BC Wildfire Service says that about 75 percent of the Blaze burning in the BC has been dropped.
It says that the Fort Nelson region is receiving the most rainfall in the Northeast, which will help reduce the intensity of the fire there.
Seva says that North and Middle BC will see seasonal temperatures, and while the temperature in the south may fall slightly, there is expected to be lingar in warm and dry conditions.
Isman Creek Fire has triggered localized withdrawal orders and alerts from Thompson-Nikola regional district, and is a clearance alert from Litton First Nation.
The community is still in the process of reconstruction of 2021 fire which killed two people and erased the village and Litton First Nation’s share four years ago on Monday.
This service states that about 36 percent of the forests in the province are actively excluded from control, 30 percent are being conducted and 34 percent are under control.
This report of Canadian Press was first published on 3 July 2025.
Nono Shane and Breena Charlebois, Canadian Press
