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SUMMERLAND, BC – An evacuation order has been issued for several properties south of Peachland in southern interior British Columbia due to a forest fire and the Highway 97 between Summerland and the city was closed
should leave their properties immediately "and present themselves at a reception center of the Lakeview Heights West Kelowna Baptist Church to receive help and accommodation.
The evacuation order covers several properties along Brent Road. and Highway 97 South that are close to the 50-hectare fire
Several other properties located south of Kelowna were placed on Wednesday night due to a disturbance. forest fire in Okanagan Mountain Provincial Park
. Wildfire Service has three helicopters and more than 40 ground crews that are working about eight kilometers southwest of Summerland to fight the first one that would have been triggered by lightning
Central Okanagan Emergency Operations not yet an immediate threat to the structures. Residents of the Alert Zone (on Lakeshore Road) have been advised to be ready to evacuate if conditions change.
The fire department reported that seven firefighter crews had been struck by lightning. Tuesday and Wednesday afternoons
Two of them are said to be in the Quesnel Lake area, and the largest is a two-hectare fire pit on the northwestern side of the lake (19659009) ( function (d, s, id) {
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