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Prescribed burn planned for Houston

A prescribed burn has been planned for the Houston area within the Northwest Fire Centre (NWFC).

The prescribed burn will take place between Thursday (April 22) and the end of May.

It will be located approximately 7.5 kilometres southwest of Houston between Buck Flats Road and the Morice West Forest Service Road.

According to a statement, the District of Houston has identified the area as a wildfire threat to the community.

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The NWFC added these areas will remove residual slash left over after harvesting and reduce fuel load.

According to the NWFC, the prescribed burn will reduce the threat of wildfire ignition within the area and assist wildland and urban fire professionals to fight a wildfire.

The BC Wildfire Service will monitor the fire at all times and burning will only occur when conditions are appropriate.

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Lindsay Newman
Lindsay Newman
News Reporter Lindsay joined the MyBulkleyLakesNow news team in 2019. She was born and raised in Cambridge, Ontario where she then moved to Toronto to complete Journalism school at Humber College where she graduated in 2017. Lindsay started her news journey at 680 News- Toronto's largest talk radio station. Lindsay then moved on to 680 News, where she was an audio editor. She has always loved the idea of living in British Columbia since she was a teenager and was excited to make the to move out to Smithers, BC to branch out her journalism skills. In Lindsay's spare time she is usually relaxing with her two cats and in the warmer months going on hikes with her friends and partner.

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