The first significant wildfire of the season for this area broke out over the weekend.
As of Tuesday morning the Breadalbane Creek fire northeast of Vanderhoof stood at 243 hectares and was "being held," said Amanda Reynolds, spokeswoman for the B.C. Wildfire Service's Prince George Fire Centre.
"They've got a really good handle on it, it's not out of control anymore," she said.
Sixty firefighters were on the scene with a helicopter and three pieces of heavy equipment.
"Crews are doing mop up, just ensuring any hotspot within the perimeter is out," Reynolds said.
First noticed on Saturday morning, it is located just south of Stuart River Provincial Park and was not posing a threat to any structures.
Cause of the fire was human activity and is under investigation but Reynolds could not provide any further detail on that aspect.
She said the fire danger rating for the Prince George, Vanderhoof, Fort St. James and Valemount zones ranges from low to moderate, but the entire area from Mackenzie to the Yukon border ranges from high to extreme.
In all, 18 fires broke out in the Prince George Fire Centre over the weekend. The Breadalbane fire was the only one deemed human caused, the rest were due to lightning.
"We got a cluster of 10 lightning-caused fires just west of Fort Nelson that we're actioning now with crews and air tankers and some skimmers," Reynolds said.
Looking ahead, cool, wet weather, but also a chance of lightning, is in the forecast for Prince George and area.
The Prince George Fire Centre extends to the Yukon-Northwest Territories border in the north and the Skeena Mountains to the west as far south as Tweedsmuir Provincial Park, the Cottonwood River and the Robson Valley.
