About half of the 400 constructions or properties destroyed in B.C.’s record-breaking fireplace season have been misplaced within the Kelowna space
WEST KELOWNA — Evacuation orders and alerts have been lifted for all however one property in West Kelowna about 5 weeks after 1000’s had been chased out by a fast-moving wildfire.
Central Okanagan Emergency Operations says BC Wildfire Service crews at the moment are patrolling the hearth’s edge, working to extinguish any remaining sizzling spots, however warn close by communities can count on to see smoke throughout the perimeter within the coming weeks.
The 139-square-kilometre McDougall Creek fireplace swept down on West Kelowna on the night of Aug. 17, engulfing residential streets that had been evacuated with little time to spare.
A provincewide state of emergency was declared the subsequent day, as the identical winds that fuelled the McDougall Creek blaze fanned fires within the Shuswap area.
About half of the 400 constructions or properties destroyed in B.C.’s record-breaking fireplace season have been misplaced within the Kelowna space.
The operations centre additionally introduced it’s rescinding evacuation alerts and downgrading evacuation orders for the close by 11-square-kilometre Glen Lake wildfire west of Peachland.