UPDATE: 8:55 p.m.

The BC Wildfire Service reports "really good progress" on the Eneas fire near Peachland.

An evening assessment Monday found a lot of success, says fire information officer Noelle Kekula.

She says no fire has jumped containment, although the blaze is still out of control and not fully contained.

Kekula says residents may still see burning stumps and flames, "but everything around them is already burned," leaving nowhere for the fire to go.

There's no need to panic, she reassures.

Meanwhile, the blaze is still estimated to have burned 1,793 hectares.

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UPDATE: 3:45 p.m.

Days of planning and very precise techniques were used to try and get the Mount Eneas wildfire under control.

BC Wildfire Service deputy officer George Campbell said yesterday’s burn operation went as close to perfect as it could have.

The planned ignition, where two wildfires became one, was crucial to allow firefighters to safety attack the fire.

Currently, there are about 280 firefighters working on the fire today in Peachland and are almost in a "mop up stage."

“The burn went very successful, 90 per cent coverage with out fire which is held within all of our control lines,” he said.

Ground crews were in place yesterday as a helicopter used what the Wildfire Service calls a plastic spherical dispenser.

“We used aerial ignition on top and used the plastically spherical dispenser,” said Campbell.

Ping-pong size balls were dropped two at a time and Campbell carefully watched them roll down the hill side to exactly where he wanted them placed.

Once they made impact with the ground they burst into flames joining the 150 hectare space between the two fires.

Operation Chief Jeff Austin said the area they burnt yesterday was unsafe to go into because they had fire below, at the bottom of the slope.

“We couldn’t allow firefighters in there, with the wind gust it turns the whole thing into a flame front,” he said.

“It was unsafe to put crews in there until we made it black.”

Campbell said they wanted to fight the fire on their terms and didn’t want the fire to dictate how they fight it.

“I am pretty confident we aren’t going to see any growth on this fire,” he said.

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UPDATE: 3 p.m.

BC Wildfire Service says firefighters are continuing to work on getting Mount Eneas wildfire under control.

A controlled burn conducted on Sunday allowed crews to get a handle on the wildfire by joining it with the Monroe Lake wildfire.

BC Wildfire Service staff previously reported that the fire was under control. 

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ORIGINAL: 11 a.m.

Castanet's Alanna Kelly and Madison Erhardt will be going up in the skies for a first-hand look at the wildfires in our region today.

Specifically the Mount Eneas's wildfire, which has now increased in size to 1,793 hectares in size after being combined with the Munro Lake fire on Sunday. This fire was expected to increase in size.

We will have ongoing live and developing coverage as the day goes on.