Day 2 | Wildfire Hope, BC

Day 2 of the wildfire in Hope, British Columbia. Since yesterday the fire has spread and multiple areas are on a evacuation alert. So far no structures have been damaged. We’ll continue to document this event as it continues. Special thanks to all the helicopter pilots, fire crews, rcmp and everyone else who is working tirelessly to fight this massive wildfire.
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[@alexispark3678]

this guy has a knack for journalism, appreciate the content, thanks!

[@Bbzimz9]

Great videos. As a wildland firefighter myself now living in Vancouver, it is nice to see the fire behaviour from a first hand account like yours. As we say, "she gone." Keep it up and stay safe!

[@AdventuresRUs]

She definitely gone!! Well, thank you for your service!! Glad you made it home at the end of each shift! We’ve watched these helicopters move so quickly and skilfully. Without them, we’d be in a terribly awful and terrifying position!

[@adrianwapcaplet2773]

I've been a wildland firefighter for over 30 years in BC, and have never said, nor heard any of my colleagues say: "she gone". That is a slow-moving, deep-burning typical late-season coastal fire, and when wind & slope align, produces some candling as we saw in the video. The depth of the organic fuel layers and the high drought codes force me to wonder: why are they relying on helicopters to bucket? It's a nice show for the residents down below, but is an incredible waste of money. Are they too timid to burn off from the pipeline right-of-way below the fire?

[@williamthepleaser1]

@@adrianwapcaplet2773 I've heard fpo's laugh when Lillooet went up in 2001-that said, it's Lillooet-you're absolutely correct in your analysis of the late season coastal fires-deep and slow. Boots on the ground and shitty 4-5 foot deep guards or letting them burn out is the only answer. A backfire would/could cause a way bigger problem or merely burn the light fuels-when it's that deep you can only dig it out or wait for snow.

[@adrianwapcaplet2773]

@@williamthepleaser1 Where's Larry O when you need him?

[@williamthepleaser1]

@@adrianwapcaplet2773 larry was and probably still is the dumbest twat I've ever had the displeasure of 'working with'. On a sidenote how you doing?

[@VA7BC]

Thanks for the excellent reporting on this fire

[@AdventuresRUs]

Thank you!

[@offaxisfpv]

yikes, still spreading at 8pm. stay safe. Thanks for the update!

[@AdventuresRUs]

Yes, unfortunately it’s reached the highway in a few areas and the next exit, which has a few houses. We saw one had their sprinklers on.

[@sunowl5301]

Thanks for another update. Really great footage too!

[@AdventuresRUs]

Thank you!

[@hi.moriarty]

Thank you for this information. I appreciate it.

[@AdventuresRUs]

You’re welcome!

[@karenkaren5273]

thanks for showing us, red moon last night here, north Vancouver island, thought it must have gotten worse, take care

[@AdventuresRUs]

Yes the sun through the smoke is something else.

[@penguinuprighter6231]

That steep terrain makes it almost impossible to stop the uphill spread. Great video..thanks.

[@AdventuresRUs]

Definitely a challenging area to get under control 😞

[@lgsees745]

Excellent info. Drove home about 10 pm last night. It seemed to be reaching near the trans Canada hwy. In 2 hrs it spread quickly. Yikes!

[@AdventuresRUs]

Yes, it’s at the highway now in several areas and has reached the Hunter Creek exit where there are a few houses. We saw the one had sprinklers going.

[@dougutubeify]

Thank you very much. Really appreciate your good work. Well Done!

[@AdventuresRUs]

Thank you Doug!

[@larrywithrow5876]

Great job guys. Thanks for sharing your videos 👍

[@AdventuresRUs]

Thank you Larry!

[@ramabor]

Thought of u two - I just got back from Northair Mine. Thanks for the update!

[@AdventuresRUs]

Hope you had fun looking around the mill site anyways!

[@jakemedley9194]

incredible coverage! This gives a good scale of what is going on.

[@AdventuresRUs]

Thank you!

[@barbcameron2647]

Thank you for the information 🙏 Stay safe

[@AdventuresRUs]

You’re welcome and thank you!

[@theJoefamilychannel]

Excellent video

[@thehonfleur]

Great quality vids

[@AdventuresRUs]

Thank you very much!

[@steviesharonmartin6877]

Pretty impressive. Stay safe. Is it something usual there?

[@AdventuresRUs]

We usually have fires during the summer, but not usually in this area. There are some very dry areas in BC and that’s where you’ll see them most often. Unfortunately we’ve had a dry spell and the area is extremely mountainous, so it’s been very difficulty to get under control.

[@garydaniels2002]

I'm 😭😭💕I paying for you to be safe god I hope all fires Get under control

[@AdventuresRUs]

Thank you Gary.

[@thenorm8489]

and so up here in the far north it is HUDSON hope that has a fire

[@AdventuresRUs]

Yes, we heard about that one too :(

[@OdySlim]

Sorry to see that. I hope they get it under control

[@AdventuresRUs]

Thanks Ody! They’re working hard on it for sure!

[@kimberlyk3928]

Oh man we just came through there. I can't believe how fast it's grown! 😳

[@mrmaphousa4349]

Watching from the comox valley, interesting to see the source of the haze we are having. Be safe everyone.

[@AdventuresRUs]

Thank you!

[@jpdumais5229]

That’s a way to get Rambo out of the bush

[@billmcmeekin7909]

Hope is lost twice! Hudson's Hope has about a 30km long fire, now less than 3km from BC's largest dam. HH is evacuated, and smoke has now rolled into Chetwynd, making it difficult to be outdoors and breath. And now Hope BC is in jeopardy with surrounding area on fire.

[@AdventuresRUs]

We’ve been watching that one too:(

[@jamesturncliff5960]

Canada needs to build modern style Mars water bombers. They would have had that fire out on day one

[@AdventuresRUs]

They most definitely should!

[@foxymacadoo]

Either that or fire whoever is in control of the BCWS and Conair since they can not do the job they are contracted to do and put Coulson Aviation (owner of the 2 Martin Mars Water Bombers), from BC on contract, permanently. The Coulson group has a large arsenal of Fire Fighting aircraft that include Large Water Bombers and Large Helicopters. Coulson is one of the World Leaders in Fire Fighting and Innovation, who's equipment is used in the USA, Australia and other Countries but rarely used In Canada. Coulson specializes in real Initial Attack, has Night vision, which they invented and developed and the capabilities to drop large quantities of Foam, Gel and water on fires with accuracy. Unlike Conair, who has the sole contract in BC, who has nothing even close to what Coulson has nor do they use real Initial Attack. Conair can not do the job as all the huge out of control Forest Fires the last few years has proven. I know the Flood area since my Grandparents and a couple of Aunts and Uncles had farms near the Hope Airport. Although the mountains are steep and ground crew will have a very hard time reaching the area, they are not to steep for any of Coulson's equipment, Not even the Martin Mars.

[@JanitBianic]

Woulda shoulda coulda.

[@jamesturncliff5960]

The helicopters and dinky little crop dusters top doctors I like somebody spitting on the fire. I'm set up putting it out

[@foxymacadoo]

@@JanitBianic still can

[@skullfalker]

I was there, seen it from the beginning

[@AdventuresRUs]

We live here too and are glad that it’s under control from the bottom end. Hopefully it doesn’t spread too much more on top of the mountains.

[@richardbeee]

"O Lord, to Thee will I cry: for the fire hath devoured the pastures of the wilderness, and the flame hath burned all the trees of the field. The beasts of the field cry also unto Thee: for the rivers of waters are dried up, and the fire hath devoured the pastures of the wilderness." Joel 1:19-20

[@de_stroyed]

Why didn't they have any firefighting planes that can probably cover a wider area as its extinguishing fire is beyond me.

[@AdventuresRUs]

BC only has helicopters I think right now. That’s something they need to invest in though because BC is known to have quite the fire season.

[@de_stroyed]

@@AdventuresRUs Yeah, that's something they should look into. However, I know Alerbta has a few firefighting planes which they could've easily sent to help aid with the fire.

[@MountainBlade]

Prettt risky to fly a plane close enough to those mountains to extinguish fires, no?

[@de_stroyed]

@@MountainBlade firefighters do it all the time.

[@tombryant4518]

@@de_stroyed We need our planes here first before sending them off elsewhere. The hazard is extremely high everywhere right now and mutual aid resources are stretched to the limit.

[@havanese37]

Is the fire close to Jamie Davis’ yard (Highway thru Hell tv show)

[@AdventuresRUs]

Not quite. It’s on a mountain behind the mountain he lives near.

[@havanese37]

@@AdventuresRUs Thanks what you’re saying is he’s far from the fire, I’m glad. Weather in Canada is crazy and when it snows all bets are off.

[@erikchopp2622]

It was hazy in Calgary today. That is quite the fire

[@Carolus_Tsang]

I don't think the haze in Calgary is from this fire, there's other fires in the area. The smoke is too low to cross the Cascades, much less cross the Rockies. It's blowing all into Vancouver tonight though.

[@AdventuresRUs]

I believe Karl is correct. There are many fires burning across BC and several closer your way.

[@erikchopp2622]

@@AdventuresRUs ohh okay. That would make more sense. It depends on the day. It’s nice and clear today.

[@Mewtwo1774]

O my goodness stay safe you guys 🙏

[@AdventuresRUs]

Thank you! Things are much better today!

[@Mewtwo1774]

That’s great 😃 in 2018 we had a forest fire 🔥 on south side burns lake we have to evacuate and catch the ferry ⛴ we stay in burns lake for one ☝️ month and we stay in the hotel 🏨 scary and exhausting 😫

[@cyndyrutherford3816]

PRAYERS TO ALL FROM MANITOBA 🙏

[@trollfeeder]

I was there on Friday and took a picture when it would have been easy to put out, response time was too slow and came home on Sunday to chaos...The government needs to invest more in resources B.C is turning into a firepit.

[@AdventuresRUs]

They certainly do need to invest in better equipment! BC has quite the fire season and it doesn’t look like that will change much anytime soon. You’d think that the fire in Lytton would have set things rolling in a better direction..

[@trollfeeder]

@@AdventuresRUs Lytton was definitely a wake-up call, drove through there on the weekend not looking much different from last year, but hopefully, they stick to the plan of rebuilding the community.

[@winstonsmith935]

BC still using antiquated fire fighting methods. They loose control of every fire.

[@AdventuresRUs]

Yes, hopefully they’ll see something needs to change soon.

[@winstonsmith935]

@@AdventuresRUs Todays technology you can pinpoint hot spots with Night Vision Goggles, you can firefight with very large choppers dropping 4000 litres of water, 24/7 . MODIS AND VIIRS Satellites transverse BC and pinpoint fires. Am presently working with Apple with 3D terrain Maps with GPS Coordinates overlaid on the map with the Hot spots from the Satellites Data Overlaid on the maps. The pilots will use AR Goggles to see all the GPS coordinates on the Map. Hot spots will be picked up with Night Vision Googles, thermal hotspots can be seen from more than than 2 km away. Time the BC government got with it. Presently Choppers are not operational at night. With night vision the chopper can use its snorkel to pick up water safely at night.

[@kelvinsohoknam2054]

Hi, This is Kelvin, News Reporter from Fairchild TV news, May I know if we can use your footage and use it in our TV news cast and we will make you back a credit for it. Many thanks!

[@AdventuresRUs]

Sure! You may use what you’d like and we appreciate you crediting us!

[@kelvinsohoknam2054]

@@AdventuresRUs Thanks so much!!!

[@teejay2679]

These are man made!

[@AtoMicEyeScream]

What happens when a forest fire hits a gas or oil pipeline?!

[@AdventuresRUs]

Right!! Fire, landslides, erosion from flooding etc. I think there will be many problems over the next few years!!

[@kimstoyko8363]

Some people trying shut down the pipeline. How 🤔❓ did this fire start 🤔❓

[@AdventuresRUs]

It was actually started by a homeless camp at the bottom of the mountain on the pull off :(

[@allochris]

If that's the case, That's what you get when you kick homeless people out of the city! Action => Reaction (you = government of any sort)

[@Duncangonefishin]

This will be really ugly this fall once the rain comes. probably cause more washouts and highway closures, they should have been on top of this yesterday.

[@AdventuresRUs]

Yes, unfortunately it likely will, which is really unfortunate because that area was pretty stable prior to this.

[@ta2joe13]

Very disturbing knowing what started this fire.

[@AdventuresRUs]

Unfortunately it is:( And will probably be more common with the increasing number of camps in the area.

[@knives26]

We’re on alert we live close by

[@AdventuresRUs]

You must be in Silver Creek area then. It’s pretty crazy how smoky it got out here today eh!

[@elainejohnnie6577]

We need Hercules bomber. Why aren't they using it . Watching the helicopter all it looks like is there dropping a thimble of water at a time its not helping

[@felixthibeault4195]

This is horrible! I hope it rains soon. Today even here in Vancouver everything is foggy bc of the smoke

[@Catherine97571]

Yes this is awful. We drove west past this wildfire around noon today

[@AdventuresRUs]

Yes, unfortunately it’s spreading quickly. The first day we though they had control of it and then the second day it just grew so quickly:(

[@nononsenseBennett]

Where are the water bombers? This is ridiculous.

[@AdventuresRUs]

Apparently BC doesn’t have any right now. Hopefully that changes soon!

[@nononsenseBennett]

@@terencechevalier5756 You might interpret inadequate action as a policy to let it burn.

[@SplatSam-ky6sn]

OMG i used to live there oml wow i i cant belive this uhmmmmmmm OML :CCCCC i hope my old friends are ok :CCCCC

[@ScottMurraycrotchetyoldbastard]

Maybe now the BC government will crack down on these squatter encampments , word is this is a human caused fire

[@AdventuresRUs]

It most definitely was a human caused fire. It started at a homeless camp at the bottom of this mountain.

[@allochris]

If that's the case, That's what you get when you kick homeless people out of the city! Action => Reaction.

[@williamthepleaser1]

If they wanted it out it would be out--i'm a 25 year veteran of bcfs--they make these.

[@AdventuresRUs]

Thank you for your service and point of view!

[@suzanne1116]

:(

[@vkrgfan]

You know global warming is really kicking in if you have a raging forest fires in mid October. I wonder if this time it is a natural occurrence or human error.

[@AdventuresRUs]

This fire was started at a homeless camp and quickly got out of hand. It’s under investigation now. It’s always a shame when a fire is human caused.. there’s no excuse for their irresponsibility!

[@vkrgfan]

@@AdventuresRUs Oh no, it is really a shame that British Columbia ignores homelessness and forest fires. You would think being a province of Forests, this would've been on a priority list to have a system in place to detect fires ASAP and have a proper response. Having one helicopter with a tiny bucket doesn't seem to be an effective strategy.

[@trixtonwilson9568]

Where is the water bomber at why they only using helicopters

[@AdventuresRUs]

Apparently BC doesn’t have any.

[@foxymacadoo]

@@AdventuresRUs BC does have them but the BCWS does not use them. The Largest Company in BC that has large Water Bombers and Large helicopters is not under contract and has not been for several years. One of several reasons why so many Forest Fires get out of control now.

[@allochris]

This smells like there are some close door dealings the public will never know about ...

[@foxymacadoo]

@@allochris There defiantly is between the BC (Clark) Liberals and Conair. It is known and there is proof but not so much on KZbin.

[@DirectorMihai]

We have a lazy government. Send in the military send in all the resources to stop the fire.. but no just a few helicopters at a time lol.

[@AdventuresRUs]

They need to invest in a bomber and with the fire seasons these last few years, one would think they would lol

[@zyx2942]

Like I know they're doing their best but watching that helicopter... it feels as if they're trying to douse a carriage on fire with a mere cup of water. Where did our tax money go to???

[@AdventuresRUs]

Yes, it’s been quite the battle with the equipment they have on hand. Hopefully the BC government thinks about investing its money wisely when it come to fighting these fires.

[@evatudor6920]

They want to spike gas price because of fires ???

[@AdventuresRUs]

Really? Didn’t hear about that yet. It was slowly going down too:(

[@allochris]

Pretty sure lowering gas price continues until US mid term election, then it will spike back up soon after. fire would have nothing to do with gas price

[@brendabrinkmanpasichnyk3500]

Turn back to God and repent?

[@Mascotal]

Too many Rambo wannabe's living in homeless camps around the Hope area. Show them the door.

[@AdventuresRUs]

lol

[@rboddington]

Trudeau is marching in a gay pride parade in a show of support for BC.

[@AdventuresRUs]

Ohhh goooood lol

[@RaeZoladawn777]

Wow this looks awful

[@johnandrews3434]

Wow , it shows that BC firefighters are I’ll equipped, short manpower, very slow to react or basically incompetent.

[@AdventuresRUs]

Hopefully that will change over the next few years. I think this will more common w our weather changing.

[@magheraheritageculture5654]

That is such an Ill-informed and insulting comment! Go put your life on the line and get out there. Show respect to the brave firefighters who are battling difficult terrain and impossible conditions. As one said' trees and boulders falling everywhere. ' and that was a fighter out there in the midst of it. Easy to sit at home and pontificate.

[@foxymacadoo]

@@magheraheritageculture5654 The Ground Crew does the best it can but at high risk because the Air Support from Conair is pitiful. Conair does Not have the equipment or skill needed to fight Large Forest Fires and get them out ASAP. That has been proven over and over again the last few years with all the huge out of control Forest Fires! Initial Attack needs to be brought back and the large Water Bombers and Helicopters, owned by BC's Coulson Aviation, who has a large Arsenal and the expertise needed should to be put under permanent contract to help get Forest Fires under control and out. Ground Crew and Large Air Support use to be used safely, efferently and successfully in the past and there is zero reason they can not now.