Evacuations Expand South on Okanagan Lake, as More Mexican Fire Crews Arrive in BC
The wildfire evacuation zone along the shores of Okanagan Lake in British Columbia’s Interior expanded south on Thursday, with emergency crews guiding people away from a complex of blazes in the area where hundreds of homes were destroyed last weekend. An update from the Central Okanagan emergency management centre on Thursday said upgraded evacuation orders applied to two dozen properties along Westside Road in the Shelter Cove, Secret Point and Cinnabar Creek areas on the western side of the lake. The latest orders mean more than 2,600 people have been forced out of their homes due to the out-of-control Quilpituk Creek fire. That’s in addition to those forced out by the Bradley Creek blaze further north along the lake in the Regional District of North Okanagan and the Okanagan Indian Band reserve, where neighbourhoods were incinerated and at least 230 homes were destroyed on Saturday....
The wildfire evacuation zone along Okanagan Lake in British Columbia has expanded south. Emergency crews are guiding people away from blazes where hundreds of homes were destroyed last weekend. Over 2,600 people are now displaced due to the Quilpituk Creek fire, in addition to those affected by the Bradley Creek blaze.
- Evacuation zone along Okanagan Lake in British Columbia expanded south.
- Hundreds of homes were destroyed by wildfires last weekend.
- Upgraded evacuation orders apply to two dozen properties in Shelter Cove, Secret Point, and Cinnabar Creek areas.
- More than 2,600 people have been forced out of their homes due to the Quilpituk Creek fire.
- This is in addition to displacements caused by the Bradley Creek fire, which destroyed at least 230 homes.
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