By Greg Fry

Elephant Hill fire nearly contained

Sep 21, 2017 | 1:34 PM

KAMLOOPS — The Elephant Hill wildfire is 95 per cent contained.

That’s up from 70 per cent on the weekend and up from 85 per cent two days ago.

“Crews continue to make good progress on the Elephant Hill wildfire, especially with cooler conditions recently,” says Erin Catherall, a fire information officer with the BC Wildfire Service. “There has been no additoinal growth or change to the fire perimeter.”

But she adds “danger trees continue to be a major concern in the area as this summer’s fire activity has weakened the roots and damaged many trees, making them susceptible to toppling over.”

An area restriction also remains in effect around the fire, even though the Thompson-Nicola Regional District and the Cariboo Regional District rescinded all evacuation alerts for the fire on Wednesday.

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In terms of resources, 284 firefighters, three helicopters, and 21 pieces of heavy equipment have been deployed on the 192,000 hectare blaze.

The fire was sparked on July 6. The cause remains under investigation