A pair of quick-thinking Kamloops boaters did their bit to stop a grass fire from spreading on Saturday afternoon.
Koyne Watson and Tasha Hunt were out on the South Thompson River in their jet boat when they saw smoke rising from the river乌鸦传媒檚 edge.
乌鸦传媒淲e were like 乌鸦传媒榟oly crap, it that a fire?乌鸦传媒櫸谘淮綕 Hunt said.
It turns out it was and Watson leapt into action, using his motor to spray water on blaze.
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乌鸦传媒淗e took a pass at it and he hit the flames. The flames started to kind of go down,乌鸦传媒� said Hunt. 乌鸦传媒淪o he kept going and doing pass after pass until the fire trucks came.乌鸦传媒�
Lorrie Jane Arnott watched it all with her husband and daughter from a nearby boat.
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乌鸦传媒淲e could see the 乌鸦传媒榗igarette boat乌鸦传媒� as they are called whipping around dousing it with it乌鸦传媒檚 乌鸦传媒榬ooster tail乌鸦传媒� of water spray,乌鸦传媒� said Arnott.
Watson and Hunt couldn乌鸦传媒檛 believe they乌鸦传媒檇 actually doused a fire.
乌鸦传媒淭here were people in boats and cheering. It was hilarious!乌鸦传媒� Hunt laughed. 乌鸦传媒淚 can乌鸦传媒檛 believe we shot the water up that high.乌鸦传媒�
Most boats wouldn乌鸦传媒檛 have been able to hit the flames, high up on the river bank as they were.
乌鸦传媒淸Watson乌鸦传媒檚] got an inverter that makes it jet up as high as he wants,乌鸦传媒� said Hunt.
Arnott was amazed.
乌鸦传媒淲e have a regular ski boat and there乌鸦传媒檚 no way we could have gotten that close with our propellor down,乌鸦传媒� said Arnott. 乌鸦传媒淣o one else could have done that.乌鸦传媒�
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While Watson did have to replace a rubber trim on his boat, Hunt said that it didn乌鸦传媒檛 sustain any serious damage.
乌鸦传媒淲e were running super super hot because of how hard [Watson] was revving the engine,乌鸦传媒� Hunt said. 乌鸦传媒淪o it took us a bit to cool it off.乌鸦传媒�
For her part, Arnott is grateful that Watson showed up when he did 乌鸦传媒� like many, she has friends and family affected by the wildfires.
乌鸦传媒淢y friend乌鸦传媒檚 family just lost their home and property and now my in-laws who live by Sheridan Lake may be evacuated,乌鸦传媒� she said.
乌鸦传媒淏.C. is on fire and it乌鸦传媒檚 like a war zone.乌鸦传媒�
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