Crews fight forest fire near Horseshoe Bay

West Vancouver firefighters say they're making progress on a wildfire burning near the Sea to Sky Highway.

Helicopters arrived Thursday morning to dump water onto the fire, which was first spotted Wednesday evening. The blaze could be seencasting an orange glow over Horseshoe Bay overnight.

By late Thursday afternoon, West Vancouver Fire & Rescue said the fire was not growing and has responded well to firefighters' efforts. Crews will monitor the area through the night.

Firefighters have said the fireis small close to one hectare in size but that it'sburning in an area that's hard to access.

After the fire started, acrew wentup a service road near the Baden Powell Trail late Wednesdaynight,hoping to get a water tanker near the fire, but the the road was too steep and they had to stop.

Officialssaid it's too early to speculate on what caused the fire.

The Baden Powell Trailand trails around Whyte Lake in West Vancouver have been closed while crews work on the fire.

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