The White Lake fire skipped 150 metres when it crossed the Fraser River on July 15, said fire information officer Kylan McKeen.
“It’s still under investigation as to how that transferred over,” McKeen told reporters during a media tour of the Soda Creek Road area impacted by the fire.
“We know that around that time the temperatures were fluctuating that day, but when it comes to fires and there is a high intensity it usually creates its own weather.”
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