Monte Lake wildfire behaviour subsides; covers 150 hectares

Correction: An earlier version of this story said 58 properties are on evacuation alert. There are actually 46 properties on evacuation alert.

A wildfire burning near Monte Lake northwest of Vernon was estimated at 150 hectares Thursday morning, up from 100 hectares the night before.

BC Wildfire Service spokesperson, Max Birkner, says the fire behaviour has subsided into a smouldering ground fire and is 30 per cent contained.

The blaze broke out Wednesday afternoon and is burning northeast away from Highway 97.

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The highway was closed but it reopened Thursday morning.

Fifty-eight properties are under evacuation orders and another 46 are on alert status.

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Birkner couldn’t say if any structures were burned.

Thirty-one firefighters worked the blaze overnight with fresh crews being added Thursday. Skimmer aircraft have also been deployed.