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Firefighters quell park blaze AN UNATTENDED CAMPFIRE LIKELY CAUSED LAST WEEK’S FIRE AT APODACA PARK
ALEX KURIAL Editor
BE YOURSELF! - June is Pride Month, and in what is becoming an Island tradition Bowen students marked the occasion with a parade and party in the park on Wednesday. The event celebrating the LGBTQ2S+ community was held by Island Pacific School last year, and this year IPS was joined by Island Discovery Learning Community for the morning march through the Cove. The two Bowen schools then met up with several mainland schools, and the Bowen Island Public Library, for games and fun on the Bowfest Field. We’ll have more photos from the day in next week’s paper. / Alex Kurial photo
Bowen Island Fire Rescue were alerted to a fire at Apodaca Park on the island’s east side shortly before 8 am the morning of May 25 after a paddleboarder called 911 to report the flames. A six-person firefighter team arrived on the scene by water taxi and succeeded in putting out the fire. A person on-scene had begun efforts to put out the fire when the Fire Rescue team arrived, at which point firefighters took over and finished dousing the blaze. In total the fire had reached a size of around three metres by three metres, and took place at a campsite at the park. There was no damage to any structures but some moss on the park bluffs was burned off. Fire Chief Aaron Hanen says the cause of the fire “looked like a campfire that was left unattended.” “We would sure like people who are going to be camping at that campground to not be using fires. It’s not allowed there, and we hope people would abide by that,” added Hanen. In a release later that afternoon the municipality said they’ve been in touch with both the Sea Kayak Association of BC and the BC Marine Trails Society about the fire. The campsite where the fire took place was completed recently and linked Bowen Island to the Sea to Sky Marine Trail. CONTINUED (WITH PHOTOS) ON PAGE 6
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