The BC Wildfire Service is responding to a 4 hectare wildfire west of Hazelton near Hazelton Creek.
The fire is suspected to be human caused with no associated evacuation alerts or area restrictions.
According to the wildfire service, the fire is burning in slash, which is producing a large amount of smoke.
It added the objective is to keep the fire from spreading to the surrounding timber.
An initial attack crew, unit crew, and air tanker are working on the blaze.
The fire remains out of control.
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