Vehicles and dependencies burned in the Okanagan Forest Fires

The ignition event planned to gather two wildfires near Peachland has been successful, said Glen Burgess, incident commander of the British Wildfire Service, during a meeting with the US Army. a press conference in Peachland this afternoon

. He said that on July 22, firefighter crews dropped chemical-coated ping-pong balls to fuse Mount Eneas and Munco fires. Burgess says.

No main homes were destroyed or burned, but there were reports of destroyed buildings, and some vehicles were hit along the corridor of Highway 97 earlier in the week, he said.

The Mount Eneas Forest Fire is currently mapped to 1,789 hectares and firefighting teams do not plan for further growth.

The teams are now working at the back of the fire. . "Even if the fire remains uncontrollable, we do not anticipate further growth."

Night teams will now monitor the fire in priority areas, alongside the fire department's teams. of Peachland

. control but do not anticipate growth. Many resources on the scene, no downsizing. Night teams on the site too. #peachland Fire brigade on the scene. No problem last night @BCGovFireInfo pic.twitter.com/611JtJWfDn

– Jen Zielinski (@Jen_zee) July 24, 2018

The fires of the Mountain Park Okanagan continue to put Burgess said:

Three fires continue to burn in the Okanagan Mountain Park area, and Burgess said the terrain made it difficult for firefighting teams to fight the forest fires

. crevbades, ravines, rocks that are filled with vegetation and debris, that's where it burns and we can not put crews in these ravines. "

Nor can they establish a control line.Naked rock, he said.Most of the growth of fires has been rising

These fires are located near Narmata at 39. outside the park, a small fire inside the park and the one named Goode's Creek, which measures 577 hectares

.The concern for this week is another lightning event with the wind it

Related: The campfire ban comes into effect Thursday

Naramata Fire