The forest fire burning outside of Princeton is now 50 per cent contained, up from 40 per cent Sunday morning, according to Wildfire BC.
鈥淥ur guys have been having great success getting down on the line, and with air support,鈥� said Incident Management Team Information Officer Phane Rae. 鈥淲e鈥檝e made very good progress so far and we haven鈥檛 had too many issues.鈥�
Despite the containment, the fire is still be classified as 鈥渙ut of control鈥� because of the potential for growth, said Rae.
鈥淎 fire has a mind of its own鈥e are still saying it is out of control because there is always that possibility, something outside the line that we didn鈥檛 see.鈥�
Deployment on the blaze is up significantly today, with 200 firefighters and a 30-person Incident Management Team. As well, there are now 10 helicopters assigned to the fire.
鈥淎s you know, through out the province resources are based where they are needed.鈥�
