The fire near Cawston has grown to a whopping 100 acres in size.
The fire was first estimated at just three acres but over the weekend has grown to 100 acres, Justine Hunse, fire information officer said.
“Weather conditions including wind did cause an increase in the fire perimeter of that fire. We have tied off containment lines at the base of the fire to limit the spread.”
Firefighters worked to put in a guard on the fire since it was detected almost two weeks ago. The goal of the guard was to limit it’s growth to the drainage area.
“There are ecological benefits to allowing that particular area to burn. The fire is still not considered to be affecting anyone,” she said.
Over the weekend the fire was very smokey but heading into the early part of the week there’s been less smoke.
“Firefighters are continuing to patrol that area,” she said.
The Fairview Mountain Fire is 100 per cent contained. The fire grew to about 36.3 hectares before being extinguished.
“Firefighters continue to patrol the fire.”
The Diamond Creek Fire might have shrunk a bit.
The Canadian side of the cross border fire was estimated at 12,245 hectares in size as of Tuesday morning.
“The incident patrol commander was able to do a patrol flight to see how it was doing. It looks like the majority of the fire received snow.”
Hunse said it’s not uncommon for large fires such as the Diamond Creek fire to not be fully extinguished until well into the winter season.
“It’s not unusual for them to require the winter to finally stamp them out.”
The BC Wildfire Service is not doing any work on the Diamond Creek Fire at this point.
The fire crossed over the border at the end of August. Several days later it closed Cathedral Provincial Park.
The park reopened almost two weeks ago after being closed for about 24 days.
The U.S. portion of the fire is considered 85 per cent contained.
The fire started July 23 in the wilderness of Washington State.