The BC Wildfire Service has implemented an Area Restriction in response to the Doctor Creek wildfire about 20 kilometres away from Canal Flats.
The Regional District of East Kootenay said the Area Restriction means that nobody other than authorized personnel may enter the area at any time.
“The area restriction begins at the junction of Highway 93/95 and Findlay Creek Road, south and west following the Skookumchuck Creek Forest Service Road to Buhl Creek, northwest following the height of land to Doctor Peak, continuing north to Mount St. Maur, east following the Dutch Creek drainage, then south following Highway 93/95 back to the point at the Highway 93/95 and Findlay Creek Road junction,” said the BC Wildfire Service.