Stranded man with outstanding warrants plucked off cliff amid B.C. wildfire lands in jail

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British Columbia

A antheral stranded connected the broadside of a cliff amid a wildfire adjacent Hope, B.C., was rescued by chopper and past taken into custody connected aggregate outstanding warrants, according to RCMP.

27-year-old antheral rescued by helicopter

Nono Shen · The Canadian Press

· Posted: Jul 04, 2025 5:38 PM EDT | Last Updated: 3 hours ago

A chopper drops h2o implicit a wildfire burning adjacent the Serpent's Back way adjacent Hope, B.C., connected Thursday.

Mounties accidental their officers arrived to assistance different archetypal responders connected Thursday arsenic the occurrence burned successful steep terrain connected the broadside of a mountain, erstwhile they heard a antheral yelling for help.

Once the occurrence was contained successful the area, constabulary accidental hunt and rescue crews recovered a 27-year-old antheral stranded connected the look of a cliff.

The antheral was taken retired by a chopper agelong enactment and wasn't hurt, but it turns retired determination were respective warrants retired for his arrest, and helium was taken into custody.

WATCH | New out-of-control wildfire breaks retired adjacent Hope:

New retired of power wildfire breaks retired adjacent Hope

A caller wildfire has sparked up adjacent Hope. B.C. Wildfire says it was discovered past night.

The B.C. Wildfire Service said successful an update connected Friday that the occurrence was discovered Wednesday adjacent the fashionable Serpent's Back hiking way and is present classified arsenic being held.

Brad Fandrich with Valley Helicopters, a charter chopper operator, says the wildfire work called for help, and helium dumped astir 100 buckets connected the occurrence connected Thursday alone.

Fandrich says the steep cliffs made it hard for crews to get adjacent to the blaze, truthful the combat had to beryllium done by helicopter.

The District of Hope says the B.C. Wildfire Service is supporting its section occurrence section with aerial suppression and a 10-person crushed crew.

WATCH | Wildfires adjacent Lytton, B.C., punctual evacuation orders, authorities of section emergency:

Wildfires adjacent Lytton, B.C., punctual evacuation orders, authorities of section emergency

The B.C. Wildfire Service says the Nikaia fire, 1 of 2 blazes burning adjacent Lytton successful the Fraser Canyon, is present being held astatine 5.7 hectares and is improbable to turn further. A 2nd occurrence northbound of Lytton is dispersed crossed 100 hectares and is retired of control. There are astir 80 progressive fires successful BC, mostly successful the northeast. CBC’s Shaurya Kshatri reports.

A wildfire adjacent Lytton remains the lone wildfire of enactment burning successful the province.

The Izman Creek occurrence has grown to 155 hectares successful size and is listed arsenic retired of control, though an evacuation bid issued by the Neskonlith Indian Band for astir 40 properties has been downgraded to an alert.

The Thompson-Nicola Regional District says immoderate properties nether its jurisdiction adjacent the occurrence stay connected evacuation alert, conscionable implicit 4 years aft overmuch of the municipality of Lytton was destroyed by a wildfire.

Mounties said this week that the occurrence was triggered aft a instrumentality fell disconnected an RCMP trailer, which sparked grasses successful a ditch.

The determination territory besides says that an evacuation alert that had been successful spot for homes threatened by the Mount Scatchard Wildfire, westbound of Chase, B.C., has been lifted arsenic of Friday.

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