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UPDATE: Small wildfire near Traders Cove 'under control'

(UPDATE @ 3:50 p.m.): A small wildfire found near Traders Cove yesterday is now "under control", BC Wildfire Service staff said.

A fire guard was put around it and it was controlled with water, communications officer Hannah Swift said.

It was 10 x 10 metres.

(Original story @ 2:35 p.m.): There is a small wildfire burning near Traders Cove.

A response officer went to the site off Blue Grouse Mountain Road on Monday after it was reported.

<who> Photo credit: BC Wildfire Service

There are now three personnel at the site, fire centre communications officer Hannah Swift told KelownaNow.

The cause is suspected to be a person.

Its size is reported on the BC Wildfire Service website as 0.01 hectares.

No other information is available.



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