UPDATED: Fire at Interfor extinguished
By Kyra Hoggan
Fire chief gerry Rempel reports the fire was extinguished befoe midnight last night. The cause is still unknown, but Rempel says they're not treating the fire as suspicious.
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A fire in the waste wood piles at Interfor is covering the Castlegar/Robson area with smoke, but officials say firefighting efforts are beginning to pay off.
Fire Chief Gerry Rempel told the Source at 5:15 p.m. that high winds had originally made the fire difficult to fight.
"I think we're getting a handle on it now, the wind has died down a bit," he said. In saying "we", he's referring to the Celgar emergency response team, the Castlegar and Robson fire departments, and two helicopter/bucket crews at work dousing the blaze.
Rempel said there are no people or structures threatened by the fire at this time.
No cause has yet been determined.
