We're Not Out Of The Woods Yet!

The 4.3mm of rainfall during the thunderstorm overnight Tuesday is not enough for us to open up the restrictions to High Hazard Activities yet. We need two more days at least pf this wonderful damp, cool weather.

At 2 am, in the middle of the downpours, a lightning strike started a fire in North Oyster near Brenton Page Road and the TCH, and the several fire departments that responded did not clear the bushfire until 4 pm on Tuesday. Fires were started all around the Cowichan Valley by lightning.

We are lucky to have been missed. However, if you had insomnia and were watching the light show all night and saw a strike anywhere on Thetis, please let us know and we will monitor the area.

We will let you know when we can drop down to HIGH HAZARD and you can start chainsawing, mowing, milling again.

Thanks for keeping vigilant. Let’s hope we have rounded the corner on hot, dry weather for this terrible wildfire season.

Fire Chief J. Caldbeck