June 25 update: The fire is estimated to be 36 hectares in size and 100 per cent contained but still considered out of control as “we are not confident the fire will not spread beyond the existing containment lines,” says Ryan Turcot, information officer with the BC Wildfire Service.
45 firefighters, as well as a helicopter and one piece of heavy equipment, are on site today.
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