12 nearby homes are being watched by the Sayward Fire Department as wildfire crews hit the fire with skimmers, tankers and choppers.
|Air tankers, helicopters and smaller planes called Skimmers dropped dozens of loads of water and chemical retardant on a wildfire near Sayward Tuesday.
Ann Vansnick lives closest to the flames, about half a kilometre away. She found out about the fire Monday afternoon when she started getting calls at work. As of 2:30 p.m. Tuesday, the fire was listed as two hectares in size and out of control, much smaller than the 230 hectare fire on the north side of the Valley discovered May 29 and classified as being held.
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