At first Colby Weinrauch thought the smoke was from a forest fire, maybe started by campers.
It was 5:50 a.m. and he had just left his home in Nelson, headed for work in Rossland. Smoke was rising from the strip of forest below Highway 3A, east of the Taghum Bridge. As he got closer he noticed the flames were tree height. He called 911 to report a forest fire.
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