Photo: Darlene Nelson
The fire shortly before 4:30 p.m. Monday.
UPDATE: 6:08 p.m.
The Anarchist Mountain fire is currently listed at one hectare in size, according to the BC Wildfire Service.
Fire information officer Taylor Coleman says crews are supporting the Anarchist Mountain Fire Department.
“There is one initial attack crew and a wildfire officer. It is a rank one fire behavior, so a smoldering ground fire with a slow rate of spread,” she said.
UPDATE: 5:45 p.m.
Oliver fire crews have been called in to assist with the Anarchist Mountain fire under the South Okanagan Regional Wildfire Response Task Force.
The blaze is now included on the BC Wildfire Service map, though it is noted at zero hectares in size.
The Oliver Fire Department, in a post on social media, reminded the public to be “mindful of emergency vehicles from our dept and others traveling the highway to assist with this emergency.”
ORIGINAL: 4:45 p.m.
Fire crews are reportedly on scene at a blaze on Anarchist Mountain near Osoyoos that was putting up black smoke Monday afternoon.
Early reports on social media and word from the Osoyoos Fire Department, which was not currently on scene, say that it is a vehicle fire.
Anarchist Mountain Fire Department is reportedly tending to the situation.
Castanet will have an update when available.
-with files from Sarah Crookall
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