A wildfire south of Cowichan Lake discovered on July 2 is now being held and is reduced in size.
According to the B-C Wildfire service, the fire has been reduced to just under 6 hectares and is slowly dwindling.
The latest information indicates the fire is around five point eight hectares in size and is projected to remain in its controlled perimeter.
The B-C Wildfire Service says there are currently 82 active wildfires in the province, nine of which have started in the past 24 hours.
Since April 1, there have been a total of 500 wildfires in B-C, 61 per cent of which are human caused and have burned more than 690 thousand hectares.
