9:30 p.m. update: Crews working on the Gustafsen fire near 100 Mile House have increased containment on to 65 per cent, according to Fire Information Officer Lynn Daina.
“We’re making wonderful progress on the fire. We did have a little bit of rain today, of course the temperatures have cooled down, [with] a little more rain this evening, so that should help going into the morning,” she says.
“It’s going very well, everyone is very encouraged by the progress and they’ll just keep on pushing with the perimeter towards the core and continue to do the mop up and axe any hotspots that we find.”
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Original story: The Gustafsen fire is still at 5,700 hectares and 45 per cent containment according to Fire Information Officer Lynn Daina.
“We don’t have any lightning here. We’re anticipating that there may be and there is supposed to be some rain but I haven’t seen it yet.
Currently, there are 173 firefighters, five helicopters, 20 pieces of heavy equipment, 20 support staff and 10 structure fire department resources working on the fire.
Daina hadn’t been updated yet on many hot spots they found overnight using an infrared camera.
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