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The latest episode of Building Wildfire provides us with an update of how progress is going on site.

Despite the cold weather, episode 9 of Building Wildfire confirms that construction is still progressing well.

The latest episode of Building Wildfire features two of the guys working on the project and clearly quite passionate about it.

No idea where these came from, but they were just linked to me in a Skype chat. Plenty of wood going up on Wildfire

They're from the Wildfire Instagram, and seem to be a week or more old :P

Despite its title, the latest episode of Building Wildfire mainly takes a look at how the footers are put in place.

The latest episode of Building Wildfire offers something a bit different to the usual construction updates, that being some footage of the view from the top of the lift hill. It certainly does look like it will be magnificent!

Wildfire's website has been updated, featuring its commercial and impressive on and off-ride render. It has now also been confirmed that it will open in June 2016.

Also Episode 13 of Building Wildfire has been released, focusing on the creation of its logo.

Episode 14 of Building Wildfire is the first of 2016, reporting on the colder weather the construction crew have been experiencing but have persisted through.

Next episode of Building Wildfire is now available. Sounds like construction is still progressing well.

In the latest episode of Building Wildfire, the project manager discusses the lumber being used to build Wildfire.

Episode 17 of Building Wildfire documents Parks and Resorts' trip to Busch Gardens Tampa in order to gain inspiration for future attractions, a trip similar to what they undertook when developing Wildfire.

Also, here are a few recent photos of construction from the official Instagram account.

Construction is progressing well according to the latest episode of Building Wildfire. Track is reportedly due to arrive in the next 20-25 days, allowing the lift hill and first drop to be completed, with the lift hill support towers planned to start going up in the next week or so. Work has also begun on the station building, with its foundations and some of the framework now in place.

The episode of Building Wildfire uploaded today focuses on the 'ledgers' - the metal beams which the track is mounted to - ahead of the arrival of track in the next couples of weeks.

This week's episode of Building Wildfire documents the delivery of the parts that will make up the four tower supports for the lift hill, as well as giving an insight into how the crew's will go about constructing them.

Episode 21 of Building Wildfire takes a quick look at the current status of the station building. There's also a brief glimpse at the lift hill support towers that have started to go up.

Kolmarden have now taken delivery of Wildfire's lift motor, which is a part produced by Vekoma.

As has become standard at this time of the week, the next episode of Building Wildfire went up today. It takes a look at the work going on at the top of the cliff.

This week's episode of Building Wildfire sees the 'ledger crew' (who it would seem are from England) explain what their role is.

A couple of days ago Vekoma posted the following photo to their Facebook stating that track has begun to arrive on site.

Yesterday's Building Wildfire episode focused on the track, with a member of the track crew explaining the process of installing it. It would seem that track will start going up within a week or so.