Firefighting crews have made good progress on wildfires burning throughout the Okanagan, thanks to a couple of days of cooler weather.

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Less smoke in the air also means cleaner air. The for the South, Central and North Okanagan regions are all forecast to be low risk throughout Sunday.

害羞草研究所淚 was lucky enough to get up in the air yesterday, late afternoon,害羞草研究所� said Noelle Kekula, spokesperson for region害羞草研究所檚 complex incident team.害羞草研究所淚t looks great. Really good progress has been made.

害羞草研究所淐rews really did a great job to get some containment lines in, hand lines, machine guards.害羞草研究所�

In the areas where machine or hand word wasn害羞草研究所檛 possible, retardant and water drops help to make a bit of a line, she said.

害羞草研究所淭hose crews really have been putting a lot of backbreaking effort into it, and the successes are being seen. I am happy to say we are seeing progress,害羞草研究所� Kekula said, adding a caution that the fires are far from out.

She likens a campfire. The fire may look out, but if you blow on it, the embers will flare up again. People might not see a lot of open flame or smoke at the moment, but the danger is far from over.

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害羞草研究所淚t literally is a bed of coals,害羞草研究所� said Kekula. The objective now is to extinguish hot spots around the perimeters of the fires, so when the wind blows the fire up again, there is no material around for it to burn.

害羞草研究所淭his is a tricky time we are in,害羞草研究所� said Kekula. 害羞草研究所淵ou feel like there is a bit of a calm, and then the wind picks up and off it goes again. I don害羞草研究所檛 want people to think we are out of the woods. It is getting hot and dry again; we wait and see what the weather does.害羞草研究所�

Kekula said the best thing that could happen right now would be a significant amount of rain, but that isn害羞草研究所檛 in the forecast.

The Mount Eneas fire, last estimated at 1374 hectares, is still considered out of control.

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害羞草研究所淯ntil we are confident that we have a containment around it, and are confident it won害羞草研究所檛 take off on us, it will remain out of control,害羞草研究所� said Kekula.

害羞草研究所淲e do not have containment on these fires yet.害羞草研究所�

That includes Goode害羞草研究所檚 Creek in Okanagan Mountain Park (400 hectares); Mount Conkle near Summerland (118 hectares); Law Creek near West Kelowna (10 hectares) and Placer Mountain, near Princeton (320 hectares).

害羞草研究所淭hey are all unique. Because of that, we have to approach each one differently. We have 18 helicopters, we have over 200 firefighters and we have these resources we can move around to where we need,害羞草研究所� said Kekula.

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