Early morning beach fire at Roche Cover
A fast-spreading beach fire near Roche Cove was extinguished by the Sooke Fire Department. The nearby homes escaped impact. Had there been a wind, it might have been a completely different story.
At 5:37 a.m., on the morning of June 24, 2015, Sooke’s fire chief posted the following on Twitter. “What happens when you only think your beach fire is out? Well this does? #sooke FD now on scene.”
5:39 a.m.: “Fast spreading brush fire stopped only meters away from structure in #sooke this morning. Luckily no wind”
Just after 7:00 a.m., the following was posted by Sooke Fire Rescue on Facebook: “#Sooke crews back from brush fire in Roche Cove area. Fire came extremely close to homes. Fortunately it was early morning and there was no wind. Could have been a very different story…”
Properly extinguishing beach fires is a MUST in this hot dry weather.
When putting out your campfire:
- Drown the campfire with water. When you think you’ve doused it enough, add more.
- Mix the ashes and embers with soil. Scrape all partially-burned sticks and logs to make sure all the hot embers are off them.
- Stir the embers after they are covered with water and make sure that everything is wet.
- Feel the coals, embers, and any partially-burned wood with your hands. Everything (including the rock fire ring) should be cool to the touch. Feel under the rocks to make sure no embers underneath.
- When you think you are done, take an extra minute and add more water.
- Finally, check the entire campsite for possible sparks or embers, because it only takes one to start a forest fire.
- Remember…if it is too hot to touch, it is too hot to leave.
With the fire risk being extreme, you’d think they would be banning beach fires.
Beach fires are banned.
What a damn shame. Who does that??!
it is amazing and even on the lower mainland people bitch that they cannot have campfires, label as stupid, do they look at the bid picture
sorry the big picture, if you loose your tent and truck,its not i c b c,s problem