Crews with the BC Wildfire Service are battling a new wildfire burning deep in the mountains near Squamish.
The blaze was discovered Sunday evening and is currently relatively small with an area of about 9 acres, but it is “out of control” according to authorities. Its location is approximately 13 kms east of the town along the Manquam Forest Service Road.
New wildfire is burning east of Squamish in the Mamquam valley #bcstorm Air tankers are currently dropping fire retardant. pic.twitter.com/RvGWq85cMi
— Jason Ross (@Squamishweather) August 28, 2017
Firefighters, an excavator, three helicopters, and an air tanker have been deployed to suppress the fire.
It is believed that a person caused the blaze.
This is currently the closest wildfire to Vancouver; two other wildfires are burning on the east shore of Harrison Lake, with one blaze growing to 225 acres and another reaching 500 acres.
Two other wildfires are burning on the east shore of Harrison Lake. (BC Wildfire Service)