The BC Wildfire Service says several hot, sunny days lie ahead as crews continue to battle the Nohomin Creek Fire near Lytton.

Information Officer, Nicole Bonnet, says the fire has been mainly burning westward, away from the community.

“There is an area where it is staring to encroach into the Stein Valley Nlaka’pamux Heritage Park,” she said, on NL Newsday.

“We’ll be working with Lytton First Nation, they’ve got a cultural values and archaeological specialist who is going to work with our structure protection and a crew to identify some values in the area and figure out how best to protect them”

Bonnet says the south, north, and east flank of the fire are “quite quiet,” with crews making good progress in those areas. Ground crews are being aided by 10 helicopters, she said.

The fire, which broke out last Thursday, is an estimated 20 square kilometres in size as of the last update from the Wildfire Service. It is due to growth Sunday afternoon upslope on the west flank of the fire.

“The upper slope, the west flank, we haven’t had a chance to put crews on it because it is not burning in a place that is safe and operable for ground crews to work, so we will be seeing some growth there,” Bonnet added.

“As the temperatures really start to climb back up tomorrow, we’re likely to see some more fire activity on the north, east, and south flanks.”

Environment Canada is calling for winds gusting up to 70 km/h, with it expected to slow to 30 km/h by Tuesday evening. Daytime temperatures will peak at around 34 C with not much rain in the forecast.

At least six properties were destroyed with more than 100 forced to leave their homes on the west side of the Fraser River.

Public Safety Minister Mike Farnworth says about 100 firefighters were battling the blaze, calling it the first real wildfire of note in B.C. so far this season.

For the latest on the fire, go here.

– With files from The Canadian Press