Mara Mountain wildfire growing away from Sicamous

BC Wildfire Service members are continuing to tackle the wildfire on Mara Mountain as it grows away from Sicamous. The Columbia Shuswap Regional District put out an update about the region's fires this morning. The Mara Mountain fire is 9 km southeast of Sicamous and still out of control. The fire is 29 hectares at this time but it is growing in a direction away from Sicamous and Swansea Point, according to the district’s update. Heavy helicopters will continue bucketing today since the fire is in challenging and steep terrain. If the fire’s growth does change directions, officials expect the burn scar from the 2021 Two Mile wildfire to slow it down and allow firefighters to access the blaze without helicopters. There are spot fires in the Perry River area and they are still out of control, but fire crews are handling the situation and none of the fires are threatening any structures. Firefighters have brought fires under control near Dasnier’s Bay and Yard Creek. Click here for BC Wildfire Service updates. https://wildfiresituation.nrs.gov.bc.ca/map To contact a reporter for this story, email Jesse Tomas mailto:jtomas@infonews.ca  or call 250-488-3065 or email the editor mailto:news@infonews.ca . You can also submit photos, videos or news tips to the newsroom mailto:tips@infonews.ca  and be entered to win a monthly prize draw. We welcome your comments and opinions on our stories but play nice. We won't censor or delete comments unless they contain off-topic statements or links, unnecessary vulgarity, false facts, spam or obviously fake profiles. If you have any concerns about what you see in comments, email the editor in the link above. SUBSCRIBE to our awesome newsletter here https://infotel.ca/newsletter .