By Nora O’Malley Local Journalism Initiative Reporter Port Alberni, BC – When a wildfire broke out near Tseshaht’s main reserve on Aug. 6, elected Councillor Leisa Hassall says she could almost instantly smell the smoke. “My house is actually 1.6 kilometres away,” said Hassall. “We have infrastructure that is close too, like the Maht Mahs (Gym), the NTC building and a few other buildings are all within less than two kilometres (of the fire).” Thanks to the quick response from BC Wildfire, the Sproat Lake Volunteer Fire Department and Mosaic Forest Management, the wildfire was unofficially classified as ‘being held’ the same night it was reported. “We ended up with three different bodies responding to this one fire, which is fantastic. As far as I know, Mosaic remained on site…
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