The Chilliwack Fire Department is currently battling a large brush fire north of Highway 1 at Industrial Way near Cannor Road.
The fire happened shortly after 1 p.m. on Thursday, April 14, east of the Yale Road West exit.
Initially, fire crews could not access the fire. Just before 2 p.m., the wildfire blaze was about one kilometre away and was “moving quickly,” according to firefighters near the scene. The fire jumped a barrier that firefighters thought would have stopped the blaze from spreading.
The blaze grew quickly and within time crews were finally able to access it. Just before 4 p.m., the fire was contained on three sides.
Sometime before 5 p.m. a helicopter had arrived on scene and was dropping water on the blaze.
Check back here for more info as it becomes available.
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A helicopter drops water on a large wildfire north of Highway 1 at Yale Road West on Thursday, April 15, 2021. (Jenna Hauck/ Chilliwack Progress)
Fire crews battle a large wildfire north of Highway 1 at Yale Road West on Thursday, April 15, 2021. (Jenna Hauck/ Chilliwack Progress)
Fire crews battle a large wildfire north of Highway 1 at Yale Road West on Thursday, April 15, 2021. (Jenna Hauck/ Chilliwack Progress)
Fire crews battle a large wildfire north of Highway 1 at Yale Road West on Thursday, April 15, 2021. (Jenna Hauck/ Chilliwack Progress)
Fire crews battle a large wildfire north of Highway 1 at Yale Road West on Thursday, April 15, 2021. (Jenna Hauck/ Chilliwack Progress)
Chilliwack RCMP officers on the scene of a spreading brush fire in east Chilliwack between the CN tracks and Highway 1 on April 15, 2021. (Paul Henderson/ Chilliwack Progress)
Firefighters call for helicopter water drop as brush fire expands west of Cannor Road on April 15, 2021. (Paul Henderson/ Chilliwack Progress)
Location of an out-of-control brush fire in Chilliwack on April 15, 2021. (Maps.Chilliwack.com)
