Small wildfires quickly contained by Kamloops Fire Rescue

KAMLOOPS — A small group of wildfire east of Kamloops have been knocked down and contained by Kamloops Fire Rescue (KFR). In a tweet, KFR announced that the fire was contained and that crews were still on scene conducting mop-up work.

The fires were reported by multiple callers, with unconfirmed reports from the scene had at least three separate fires burning near Highway 5 and the Peterson Creek Bridge.