Brush fire near hospital in Kamloops, B.C., sends smoke billowing through city | CBC News
A brush fire near Royal Inland Hospital in Kamloops, B.C., is sending smoke throughout the city.
The air is thick with smoke in Kamloops, B.C., as a brush fire burns behind the local hospital.
Crews are fighting the fire, which is burning on a hill just south of Royal Inland Hospital in the city, about 250 kilometres northeast of Vancouver, near Peterson Creek Park.
The city has asked residents to avoid the lower Peterson Creek area while crews are on scene, according to a Facebook post.
Royal Inland patient Kaedyn Bert said he saw the fire start from his room on the sixth floor of the hospital.
"It was raging for a good few minutes," he said.
He said at least one tree became engulfed in flames and "went up like a campfire."
"Thankfully, we have really good first responders in Kamloops here," Bert said.
The B.C. Wildfire Service says it is dispatching support to Kamloops Fire Rescue.
Kamloops Fire Rescue did not immediately provide comment.
With files from Shelley Joyce
