Fire crews were called out to a wildfire on Chilliwack Lake Road Saturday.
The call for the grass fire, which was near Ford Mountain Correctional Centre, came in around 2:25 p.m. on July 20.
Crews with Chilliwack River Valley Fire Department asked for more firefighters to be called to the scene. The fire was at the south side of Chilliwack Lake Road, a few hundred metres east of the prison.
The fire was called in to BC Wildfire Service. It was later reported that it was not in the Chilliwack River Valley Fire Department's service area and that Coastal Fire Centre with BC Wildfire Service would be responding with a helicopter and two trucks.
Chilliwack River Valley Fire Department arrived on scene before Coastal Fire Centre and reported the blaze was about 50 by 150 feet in size and "pretty contained."
Shortly after the Chilliwack River Valley Fire Department got there, firefighters on the ground stated that the helicopter had arrived.
Around 3:08 p.m., the fire was about 100 by 150 feet and it was about 50 per cent guarded. By 3:15 p.m., the helicopter had started dropping water from above.
RCMP was also on scene.
By 3:42 p.m. the Chilliwack River Valley Fire Department had left the fire in the hands of BC Wildfire Service.
By 3:50 p.m., the status of the fire was downgraded from "out of control" to "being held." And at 7:36 p.m., BC Wildfire Service marked it as "under control."
According to BC Wildfire Service, it was suspected to be a human-caused fire.
