The status is improving on a 588 hectare wildfire that has been burning for a nearly a dozen days on the northern edge of Cameron Lake.
Coastal Fire Centre says the Wesley Ridge fire burning alongside the tracks of the southern railway of Vancouver Island is currently "Being Held", after burning out-of-control for nearly two weeks.
Wildfire officials confirm the trestle tracks have been damaged. The fire is located on the opposite side of the lake from Highway 4.
186 personnel, 11 pieces of heavy equipment, nine helicopters as well as air tankers and skimmers involved in the fight.
The suspected human-caused fire was detected just after midnight Thursday (July 31) and has been burning aggressively in difficult to access terrain.
Residents in Little Qualicum River Village, below Warn Way were able to return to their homes sometime Monday after being on evacuation order.
An evacuation alert remains in place for some properties to the east of the blaze.