The BC Wildfire Service recommended Thursday that City of Cranbrook properties and leased areas at the airport be placed under an evacuation alert. He said flights were arriving and departing Friday, but heavy smoke has resulted in some cancellations. "The airport itself, while we are in the midst of a lot of smoke, as far as fuel load around us, we are actually quite protected." "Last night there were some further ignitions done very close to the airport, which visually can look pretty dramatic, but it was all under control," he said.
Mary's River fire, he said.Ĭhernove said the controlled burns did their job and are adding to previous wildfire mitigation measures taken by airport officials. overnight Friday monitoring the fires that were purposely lit as a guard from the out-of-control St.
Wildfire crews were at the Canadian Rockies International Airport in southeastern B.C. VICTORIA - The forest and brush around the international airport at Cranbrook, B.C., has been scorched in an all-out effort to protect the vital transportation link from an encroaching wildfire, airport manager Tristen Chernove said Friday.
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