Mount Underwood wildfire now under control, all Vancouver Island wildfires under control or being held

Mount Underwood wildfire now under control, all Vancouver Island wildfires under control or being held

After having an explosive start, the Mount Underwood wildfire is now listed as under control just over one month after it first sparked. The Mount Underwood wildfire was first discovered on Aug. 11, and within the first few hours had grown to 630 hectares. By the next day it had doubled to 1,447 hectares within 24 hours, and continued to grow until reaching its current size of 3,518 hectares. The wildfire prompted evacuation orders and alerts in…