*Updated: By about 12:10 p.m. the fire was contained and crews were putting out hotspots.
Chilliwack Fire Department crews responded to a wildfire in behind homes on Teskey Road on Promontory before noon on Wednesday.
Crews from multiple halls were dispatched after 11 a.m. on Sept. 21 to what was at first reported to be a house fire on Teskey, but was later reported to be a brushfire behind the houses in Weeden Park.
Dispatch asked for a crew with forestry equipment to attend at 11:15 a.m. A ladder truck was brought in to extinguish the hard-to-access blaze.
According to a witness on scene, there was very minimal damage done to one home where a fence and soffit were damaged by the fire.
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