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Wildfire 80 per cent contained
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Monica Lamb-Yorski Staff Writer A 99-hectare wildfire at Soda Creek, ignited by a passing train Sunday, was 80 per cent contained by Tuesday, giving local property owners reason to breath easier. “We dodged a huge one,” said Diane Dunaway, who along with her husband Dave, own one of two properties that had the fire in their backyard. “The best in human nature came out and we’re feeling so very fortunate.” The fire started Sunday afternoon after a CN train went through, igniting small fires along a two-mile stretch of the track running through the Dunaway’s property and the neighbouring Dunlevy Ranch. Around 3:15 p.m. Diane called to alert the Kaufmans of Dunlevy Ranch about the fire. “Dave was sitting in the living room and called me over telling me to look toward the end of our property,” Diane recalled. “Then all of a sudden it started backlighting along the tracks, there was this trail of smoke, it was unbelievable.” Response to the fire was quick. The newly formed McLeese Lake fire dept. arrived first on the ground with two trucks and five personnel.
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A 99-hectare wildfire at Soda Creek west of Highway 97 is still burning, however, crews manning the blaze said it was 80 per cent contained as of Tuesday afternoon.
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