good day all...
did some research on the location of the 2 biggest wildfires in BC at the moment...
they are located right in the middle of.....
The Mount Meager volcanic complex
RECENT ACTIVITY
Two small hot spring clusters are found at Mount Meager, indicating magmatic heat is still present.[11] These two clusters of hot springs, known as the Meager Creek Hot Springs and Pebble Creek Hot Springs, are most likely related to recent volcanic activity at Mount Meager.[24][25] The Meager Creek Hot Springs, the largest in British Columbia, remain free of snow for most of the year.[25][45] The springs at Mount Meager might be evidence of a shallow magma chamber beneath the surface.[46]
Between 1970 and 2005 more than 20 small earthquakes were recorded at the volcano. The magnitudes of these events were generally no higher than 2.0 on the Richter magnitude scale and they originated 20 km (12 mi) to less than 1 km (0.62 mi) below the surface.[26] Other volcanoes in the Garibaldi Volcanic Belt with recorded seismicity include Mount Garibaldi, Mount Cayley and Silverthrone Caldera.[47] Seismic data suggest that these volcanoes still contain active magma chambers, indicating that some Garibaldi Belt volcanoes are probably active with significant potential hazards.[47][48] The seismic activity corresponds with some of Canada's recently formed volcanoes and with persistent volcanoes that have had major explosive activity throughout their history such as Mount Garibaldi, Mount Cayley and Mount Meager
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and this report from a plane as the fires had just started...
When we got to the junction of the Meager and Lilloet rivers, at the 50 km mark and Overseer Mountain, we decided to jump the Meager complex. Flew directly over Capricorn creek and the site of the 2010 landslide (the scars from where it splashed up the sides of the Capricorn valley are still pretty obvious) and soared up the west side of Meager proper. There was a constant plume of dust from the slide area (at first I wondered it was leftover Mt. Meager volcanic action like steam!), and I saw a small landslide in progress at one point. The entire mountain seems to be ready to fall down at any moment: the rock looks really rotten!
Amazing views to the west and north, we could see the Lilloet Glacier ~20 km further north and snow-capped mountains as far as the eye could see to the west and the Pacific. We also saw a new forest fire which had recently started up in Pebble Creek on the east flank of Mt. Athelstan; fire crews were already working on it with helicopters and spotter planes.
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