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Wildfire 75% contained

UPDATE: 4:35 P.M.

The BC Wildfire Service said the Wolfe Creek fire east of Princeton is still at 75 per cent containment as of late Sunday afternoon.

However, fire information officer Rachel Witt said cooler temperatures and calmer winds than on Saturday have helped crews with fire suppression.


ORIGINAL: 8:26 A.M.

The Wolfe Creek fire east of Princeton is 75 per cent contained this morning and has been more accurately mapped at about five hectares in size.

Fire information officer Rachel Witt says crews worked late last to put a guard around the entire perimeter of the blaze.

“This morning there are 14 firefighters on site,” says Witt. “Today they are working on mop-up.”

Highway 3 has reopened through the area.

DriveBC warns motorists there is limited visibility in the area due to smoke. 

Witt says weather conditions were favourable for crews fighting this blaze, as well as those fighting the Antler Beach and Predator Ridge fires.

“They are all in mop-up, crews are on site at all of them,” says Witt. “With this weather we are seeing right now, it is definitely helpful with decreasing fire behaviour.”

Vernon got some precipitation overnight and Witt says other areas have remained cooler with minimal wind.

“It does take quite a bit of precipitation to put out a wildfire, but it is definitely helpful,” says Witt. “That with cooler temperatures in all three areas. And, as of this morning, wind has been pretty calm.”

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