's fire season so farProperties destroyed by firePhoto: BC Wildfire Service Crews conducting a 30-hectare ignition operation on the east flank of the Fiftynine Creek wildfire on Tuesday. Skrepnek said the losses occurred mostly on properties south of Big Bar Lake, where the Fiftynine Creek fire has been burning since last Friday. The wildfire service said conditions were particularly challenging near the fire's southeast corner. Crews were continuing to protect properties northwest of Big Bar Lake and along the Big Bar Road corridor, and helicopters were helping slow the spread of the fire. “Structure protection triage and deployment continues on properties northwest of Big Bar Lake and along the Big Bar Road corridor.