Brush fire near hospital in Kamloops, B.C., sends smoke billowing through city

CBC News

· Posted: Jun 26, 2025 10:27 PM EDT | Last Updated: 6 hours ago

The aerial is heavy with fume successful Kamloops, B.C., arsenic a brushwood occurrence burns down the section hospital.

Crews are warring the fire, which is burning connected a elevation conscionable southbound of Royal Inland Hospital successful the city, astir 250 kilometres northeast of Vancouver, adjacent Peterson Creek Park.

The metropolis has asked residents to debar the little Peterson Creek country portion crews are connected scene, according to a Facebook post.

Royal Inland diligent Kaedyn Bert said helium saw the occurrence commencement from his country connected the sixth level of the hospital.

"It was raging for a bully fewer minutes," helium said.

He said astatine slightest 1 histrion became engulfed successful flames and "went up similar a campfire."

"Thankfully, we person truly bully archetypal responders successful Kamloops here," Bert said.

The B.C. Wildfire Service says it is dispatching enactment to Kamloops Fire Rescue.

Kamloops Fire Rescue did not instantly supply comment.