A wildfire continues to burn behind an old log sort on Arbutus Mountain, west of Port Alberni. The fire is on the opposite side of the Somass River from the city.
Four firefighting aircraft—first a helicopter equipped with a Bambi Bucket (a specialized bucket suspended on a cable that holds water), then three airtankers from Abbotsford-based Conair—attacked the fire less than an hour after it was first reported on Thursday, Aug. 3. Five members of a B.C. Wildfire Service initial attack ground crew that were dropped off at the site worked until midnight trying to contain the fire, Coastal Fire Centre fire information officer Nick Donnelly said.
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