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Out-of-Control Wildfire Grows to Half-Square Kilometre Near Sooke
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Story summary
- BC Wildfire Service says a new fire is burning out of control on southern Vancouver Island.
- Warm, dry weather helped the fire spread quickly.
- The fire is about four kilometres west of Sooke River, south of Mount Jack.
- It has grown to a half-square kilometre.
- Smoke from the blaze reaches Shawnigan Lake and Greater Victoria.