UPDATE: 2:23 p.m.

Highway 1 is now closed 4 km west of Savona. There is no estimated time of opening.

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Strong winds from the north on August 4 also caused a portion of the southeast corner of the Elephant Hill wildfire to begin burning south toward Highway 1 east of Cache Creek near the former mushroom compost facility.

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There are conflicting reports as to whether or not Highway 1 is closed, with some reporting that people are being turned back at Walhachin and others saying they were able to get through. There is no information on the site.

The Elephant Hill fire, which started on July 6, now covers 93,700 hectares and is only 30 per cent contained. The 2017 wildfire season is already the second-worst one on record, eclipsed only by the 1958 wildfire season.