A forest fire is burning 15 kilometres southeast of Port Alberni, near Mount Arrowsmith.
As of Sunday morning, the fire was still estimated at 20 hectares in size. The fire had seen 鈥渕inimal growth鈥� overnight, according to Ryan Turcot, fire information officer with the 台湾MM裸聊室 Fire Centre.
There are now twenty-seven firefighters on site, as well as air support.
The fire was first noticeable from Port Alberni at approximately 4:30 p.m. Saturday, according to one person at Pacific Rim Centre.
鈥淭he fire is currently 20 hectares in size. That鈥檚 an estimate,鈥� said Turcot on Saturday.
鈥淭oday we had four fire fighting personnel attacking the fire in addition to air support.鈥� That air support, Turcot added, included four air tankers and one helicopter.
The Martin Mars waterbomber is still not on the water at Sproat Lake, so was not one of the air tankers.
He didn鈥檛 know what started the fire. The sky was clear but temperatures between 4鈥�5 p.m. were between 32 and 33 degrees Celsius, according to The Weather Network.
鈥淎t this time the cause of the fire is under investigation. We initially got reports of this fire late this afternoon,鈥� Turcot said.
鈥淲e do have personnel investigating specifically what caused this fire.鈥�
