Skip to content
  1. Home
  2. News

Small wildfire burning just southwest of Cranbrook

According to the BC Wildfire Service, the .10 hectare fire is human-caused
Barry Coulter
Barry Coulter
25185821_web1_210516-CDT-hidden-valley-fire-2_1
A small wildfire — .10 hectare — is burning just southwesst of Cranbrook.

BC Wildfire Service is reporting a wildfire that has started today just southwest of Cranbrook.

The fire was discovered on Sunday, May 16.

The website reported at about 4 pm that the fire was near Hidden Valley Road, that it was estimated at one tenth of a hectare, and it was suspected that it was human-caused.

Stage of Control was listed as New, as of 4 pm, Sunday, May 16.

Fire danger rating in southeast BC is currently listed as moderate to high.

Barry Coulter

About the Author: Barry Coulter

Barry Coulter had been Editor of the Cranbrook Townsman since 1998, and has been part of all those dynamic changes the newspaper industry has gone through over the past 20 years.
Read more