It has been 10 days since the Cameron Bluffs wildfire was discovered, and crews are continuing to battle the blaze.
An aerial view of the Cameron Bluffs wildfire.The wildfire,, remains at 254 hectares, and the incident commander for the Cameron Bluffs wildfire says it has not grown since the rain on Friday.
Typically, with prolonged periods of no fire growth, the fire would be moved to be deemed “being held” but due to the difficult nature of fighting this fire, Moreira says it is still being classified as out of control. “Knowing that when we change the status, we make that decision for the long-term period of time, we want to be fully confident that is not going to change in the short term before we make that decision to change the status.”
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