Wildfire outside Lumby, B.C. | CTV News [Video]

Crews worked multiple wildfires that were discovered in B.C.’s Okanagan Sunday afternoon.

According to the BC Wildfire Service website, one of the blazes—located outside the Village of Lumby in the Creighton Valley area—was discovered just after 1 p.m.

Later that afternoon, it was listed as three hectares in size, or 30,000 square metres, and human-caused.

And in the evening, BCWS updated the blaze as “being held,” or “not likely to spread beyond predetermined boundaries under current conditions.”

Lumby Fire Chief Tony Clayton told CTV News the fire was caused by someone burning debris, which then got out of control quickly in the very dry conditions.

“I’ve been doing this for over 30 years and I’ve never seen a fire get that big that fast in the middle of March,” he said.

He said the individual helped firefighters as much as he could, and added the incident serves as a reminder …