Chelaslie River Fire

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Chelaslie River Fire

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http://bcwildfire.ca/hprScripts/Wildfir ... asp?ID=497

The Chelaslie River fire is now estimated at 75,500 hectares. I believe this is BC's largest fire since 1982.
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Now 80,000 hectares.
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Now 95,000 hectares.
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http://bcwildfire.ca/hprScripts/Wildfir ... res=0&FC=3

Correction: under "all active fires" it is now listed at 104,000 hectares. That's 4 times large than the 2003 park fire.
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Re: Chelaslie River Fire

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*removed*
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Now 107,651 hectares.
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Now 113,876 hectares.
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Now 128,212 hectares.
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http://www.bcairquality.ca/bluesky/west/

Now 133,771 hectares. Its been burning aggressively & producing a lot of drift smoke these past couple days.
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Re: Chelaslie River Fire

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Here is a picture of the Chelaslie fire that was posted on the BC Wildfire's Facebook page.
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Re: Chelaslie River Fire

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I wonder how big the Chelaslie River fire is now??
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Re: Chelaslie River Fire

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According to BC Wildfire it is at an estimated 133,162 hectares and 20% contained.

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