The Tremont Creek fire has “moved on” from the District of Logan Lake.

Administrator Randy Diehl says no structures have been lost.

He says BC Wildfire Service teams did “astounding” work, dropping retardant behind a number of fires to hold the fire over the weekend.

“It’s looking really good. The town has basically been saved from the first onslaught of the fire on Saturday. And a very successful program they put into place. It’s quite astounding, the number of fire departments that have shown up from all over the province.”

About 175 firefighters have arrived from all over B.C., including places like Smithers, Mackenzie, Elkford and the Lower Mainland, to help set up sprinklers and clear woody debris from land around Logan Lake.

Diehl says the community will know in the next day or so whether the risk from the fire is completely moved on, depending on weather conditions, as he says winds from the northeast are expected within the next 48 hours.

“We’re hoping, and very confident, that what we’ve achieved in there, with the burn that went through and some of our planned ignitions, will be adequate to stop the fire from going through the town again, if it back burns and comes through again… But fire has a life of its own; if there’s a lot of wind and real heat associated with it, it will create its own firestorm and just blast right through.”

But Diehl reiterates it’s “looking pretty good,” when talking about the risk of the fire as it stands for Logan Lake.

The District says the fire has progressed further northeast, towards Cherry Creek which is on evacuation order. It says crews are preparing guards in Paska Lake and Face Lake, and there have been no reports of structures lost in those communities.

Diehl says driving out of Logan Lake today on Highway 97D, while driving through, there are obvious changes to the landscape just outside of town.

“As you leave Logan Lake and go past the golf course and campground, for probably a couple of kilometres up the road, all of that has been burned off. There’s spot fires within that forest, but they’re not monitoring them. They’re not dangerous right now. It’s eerie; I just saw a deer sitting in the middle of this blackened-out, grassy area. Just sitting there dazed.”

The community of about 2,000 people remains on evacuation order, and that order has been in place since Thursday afternoon.