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Evacuation Orders downgraded for Valley of Sun & other properties

Correction: Evacuation Order remains for Attenborough Road

News Release No. 55 — Central Okanagan, B.C. — White Rock Lake New news release no. 54 incorrectly included properties along Attenborough Road. These properties remain under Evacuation Order at this time. It is expected that all evacuated residents and property owners will be allowed...

Returning Home Information Session

News Release No. 53  Central Okanagan, B.C. — The Rapid Damage Assessment Team will complete their assessment of neighbourhoods directly impacted by the White Rock Lake Wildfire by Thursday. Risk assessments will determine when residents can safely return home and begin to recover and rebuild. Not all residents will be able to return at...

White Rock Lake update / return home information session

News release No. 52 — Central Okanagan, B.C. — Aug 31 2021@5:57 - Multiple agencies continued their fire suppression and assessment work today within the Central Okanagan West Electoral Area neighbourhoods impacted by the White Rock Lake wildfire, with the aim of returning residents to their homes as soon as safely possible in...

White Rock Lake Wildfire update

News Release No. 49 Central Okanagan, B.C. — Aug 30 2021@4:59pm - The Emergency Operations Centre is mobilizing all available resources to allow residents affected by the White Rock Lake Wildfire to safely return to their communities as soon as possible. However, this is not expected to be a quick process and...

White Rock Lake Update

Release No 47 Central Okanagan, B.C. — Aug 29 2021@5:51pm - BC Wildfire Service says there continue to be 369 BC Wildfire and Military personnel working on fire suppression efforts for the White Rock Lake wildfire. The fire is estimated at 81,362 hectares and continues to be active and classified as out...

White Rock Lake Wildfire update / Structure Protection

Have you ever wondered what Structure Protection crews do when wildfires threaten communities? Neill Moroz, Structure Protection Specialist, has been working on the White Rock Lake wildfire for several weeks now. In this video, Neill provides an overview of what the Structure Protection Branch does on a wildfire and shares some stories of...

White Rock Lake Wildfire Update

News release no. 44 - Central Okanagan, B.C. —Aug 27 2021@4:19pm -  BC Wildfire Service says the White Rock Lake wildfire remains active and out of control at an estimated size of 81,483 hectares. The slight decrease in size is due to further...

Update on White Rock Lake wildfire

News Release No. 32 Central Okanagan, B.C.Aug 20 2021 - Cooler weather conditions are helping with fire suppression efforts but conditions remain extremely dry. Overnight, firefighters and equipment from North Westside Fire Rescue continued their patrols in communities they serve along Westside Road, putting out hot spots and spot fires. The...

Changes to evacuation order area – La Casa to Fintry Delta

News Release no. 28 Central Okanagan, B.C. – Aug 17 2021@5:13pm - Due to reduced fire activity on the south end of the White Rock Lake wildfire, the evacuation order issued on Aug. 12 for properties in Fintry, La Casa and Shalal Road within RDCO’s Central Okanagan West Electoral Area has been reduced...

Property Owners being notified

News Release No. 27 Central Okanagan, B.C.Aug 17 2021@02:28 - Crews continue to protect hundreds of properties along the west side of Okanagan Lake. Cooler temperatures and some light rain overnight provided some relief but conditions remain extremely dry. An early assessment of structural damage in Ewings Landing and Killiney area was...

Significant property damage in Killiney area

2153hrs - Spoke again with the EOC Director and was told that the damage assessment team has found approximatly 70 structures (see News Release #26 below) impacted by the fire Sunday night. There are still some areas that were inaccessible for damage assessment so this number may still increase as...

No structures were damaged overnight

News Release No. 23, Central Okanagan, B.C. - Aug 15 2021@9:14am@4:54pm  – The Central Okanagan Emergency Operations Centre advises that the existing Evacuation Orders and Alerts within the Central Okanagan will remain the same overnight, unless fire conditions change. The forecast continues to call for dry, windy conditions this evening and crews will...

No Changes in Orders / No Confirmed Reports of Structure Losses in NWFPD

News Release No. 21, Central Okanagan, B.C. - Aug 14 2021@4:31pm – With Environment Canada forecasting windy periods this afternoon and tomorrow, residents should remain vigilant. Evacuation Alerts and Orders Evacuation Alerts and Orders within Central Okanagan Electoral Area West will remain in place overnight. A detailed map showing the present status of...