A water bomber has crashed while fighting a B.C. interior forest fire.

The Joint Rescue Co-ordination Centre in Victoria confirmed that there was an accident, and referred all questions from the Straight to Conair Group Inc. in Abbotsford.

On Saturday (July 31) evening, Joint Rescue Co-ordination Centre spokesperson Capt. Marguerite Dodds-Lepinski told the Canadian Press that it was believed two crew were on board the plane.

Conair has a fleet of 50 fixed-wing aircraft.

Its Web site mentions that they include a CV 580 Airtanker and an amphibious Fire Boss plane that can load 40 gallons of water per second while travelling at 60 miles per hour.

In July 2009, a Conair Fire Boss plane sank in Okanagan Lake when it was trying to scoop up water.

The pilot was rescued by a nearby boater, according to a report in the Penticton Herald.

The largest blaze in the Kamloops district is the Jade wildfire, which is 1,248 hectares in size. It's only 15 percent contained.

The Mayson Lake fire at the southeast end of Bonaparte Lake has grown to 130 hectares. It is now 60 percent "guarded" but zero percent "contained", according to the Ministry of Forests and Range.

Both have been characterized as "interface" fires, which means they put people and communities at risk.