Firefighters responded to a small wildfire north of Campbell River on Wednesday afternoon, the Coastal Fire Centre confirmed.
The brush fire flared up on the Duncan Bay Main underneath the lines in a BC Hydro powerline corridor, according to Dorthe Jakobsen, a communications assistant for the Coastal Fire Centre.
“It’s in the fire department area jurisdiction but because it’s [a] BC Hydro corridor, we’ve been sending resources,” she said.
She said the response would involve a helicopter equipped with a bucket and an initial attack crew.
Smoke was visible north of Campbell River, along with a helicopter flying nearby. The smoke later subsided.
More information will be added to this report as it becomes available.