A helicopter working the East Shuswap Road wildfire in Kamloops, Friday, July 13, 2018.
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July 13, 2018 - 8:41 AM
KAMLOOPS - A fast-moving grass fire moved up a large hillside in Kamloops yesterday evening as firefighters tried to slow the growing blaze.
At the last update, B.C. Wildfire Service estimated the fire off of East Shuswap Road in Kamloops was roughly 380 hectares. It started out as a small grass fire just before noon yesterday, July 12, but grew exponentially in just a few hours, forcing the evacuation of six homes.
The evacuees have since been allowed home and the smoke from the fire is no longer hanging around the Kamloops valley, but winds today are still posing a risk for firefighters.
Some of the best pictures taken of the fire itself, and firefighting efforts, came from iNFOnews.ca readers.
East Shuswap Road wildfire in Kamloops, Friday, July 13, 2018.
Image Credit: SUBMITTED/Anfield Photography/Nat Anfield
This photo submitted by reader Nathan Richie shows the state of the Shuswap Road fire on July 12, 2018. A tanker drops water in the vicinity of the blaze.
Image Credit: SUBMITTED/Nathan Richie
Reader Margaret Prodnuk submitted this photo of the Shuswap Road fire on July 12, 2018.
Image Credit: SUBMITTED/Margaret Prodnuk
Fire retardant is dropped along the perimeter of the Shuswap Road fire on July 12, 2018.
Image Credit: SUBMITTED/Nathan Richie
A wide view of the smouldering Shuswap Road fire on July 12, 2018.
Image Credit: SUBMITTED/Nathan Richie
A helicopter is seen performing a bucketing operation on the East Shuswap Road wildfire in Kamloops, Friday, July 13, 2018.
Image Credit: SUBMITTED/Anfield Photography/Nat Anfield
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