Coquihalla Fire (near old toll booths)

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Coquihalla Fire (near old toll booths)

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Seen this on scanbc's twitter account - https://twitter.com/ScanBC/status/489194175037190144

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Re: Coquihalla Fire (near old toll booths)

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Just passed by here headed for Kelowna. The smoke plume was huge, about 2 or 3km off the side of the highway. One helicopter dropping water, one spotter plane from what we could see.
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Re: Coquihalla Fire (near old toll booths)

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3 fires in 1 day. Deja vu of 2009?
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Re: Coquihalla Fire (near old toll booths)

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Any time it gets this hot ,we are in trouble. Thank god they are putting a campfire ban in place.
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Re: Coquihalla Fire (near old toll booths)

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Quailize wrote:3 fires in 1 day. Deja vu of 2009?


Multiple fire starts in one day is extremely common.
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Re: Coquihalla Fire (near old toll booths)

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Tomorrow should be interesting as it's forecasted for more HOT.
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Re: Coquihalla Fire (near old toll booths)

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Size: 150.0 hectares (estimated) as of 3:32 pm
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Re: Coquihalla Fire (near old toll booths)

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Last updated: Thursday, July 17, 2014 at 12:00 PM

Size: 400.0 hectares (estimated)
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