PHOTOS: Burns Bog fire

By Denise Wong

Posted July 3, 2016 9:40 pm.

Last Updated July 5, 2016 6:28 am.

This article is more than 5 years old.

DELTA (NEWS 1130) – On Sunday afternoon, a fire at Burns Bog broke out, growing to over 50 hectares in size that day.

Photos taken from the area and across the Lower Mainland showed the rising smoke and hazy conditions.

Burns Bog fire

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