Update: Vedder Rotary Trail near Peach Park has reopened after Thursday morning log fire along the Vedder River
**Update at 4 p.m. Thursday: The Vedder Rotary Trail has now reopened as of 3:20 p.m. Thursday.**
**Update at 10:30 a.m.: The log fire did not spread to the surrounding trees around the foreshore of the Vedder River. As an excavator works to separate the burned logs, Chilliwack firefighters are spraying them down this morning. The Vedder Rotary Trail remains closed between Peach Park and just east of Stitó:s Lá:lém Totí:lt Elementary-Middle School. It might reopen this afternoon.**
Original story below:
CHILLIWACK — A log fire broke out along the Vedder River early Thursday morning (July 11), just south of Stitó:s Lá:lém Totí:lt Elementary-Middle School, prompting a swift, significant response from the Chilliwack Fire Department.