Crews making progress on Bear Creek Wildfire

The Bear Creek wildfire is now 60 per cent contained.

Officials say crews were busy putting out hot spots and that the evacuation order remains for 105 properties in Traders Cove and at Bear Creek campground.

Yesterday, 51 property owners along Bear Creek Road north of the Parkinson intersection, including Dougmac, Rose Valley and Petterson Roads, as well as 14 properties in the Pine Point subdivision off Westside Road, north of Traders Cove, were allowed to go home.

Westside Road remains closed between Bear Creek Provincial Park and Traders Cove.

Campers evacuated from Bear Creek Provincial Park will be temporarily allowed into the campsite to remove their possessions, vehicles and trailers for a limited time again beginning at 8 a.m.