108 Mile Ranch Volunteer Fire Department members had a busy weekend on May 22-24 as they responded to seven callouts, including a lightning-strike fire
in a tree and the surrounding grass at 108 Mile Ranch on May 22.
Fire chief Marcelle Ried says they got called out around 4:14 p.m. and they had a quick response to the fire, which was alongside Kallum Road near Chaladen Court. He adds they responded with 14 firefighters and three vehicles.
When they arrived on scene, Ried says lightning had struck a 100-foot fir tree about three-quarters of the way up the trunk, which started the fire. He adds burning branches had fallen to ground and a 40- by 40-foot area of grass and underbrush beside the tree was also burning.
The fire chief notes they got the fire out “fairly quickly.”
