KEREMEOS, B.C. — Controlled burns are scheduled in the southern Okanagan region of British Columbia in a bid to bring a large blaze burning in the area back…
Information officer Mikhail Elsay said the planned burn will increase the perimeter of the fire, which is currently located about 21 kilometres southwest of Penticton, but will ultimately help contain the nearly 60-square-kilometre blaze.
Crews will ignite less than half a square kilometre area to bring the fire down to safe, workable ground, he said. The Regional District of Okanagan-Similkameen’s emergency operations centre said more than 500 properties are under an evacuation order, while more than 1,000 more are under an evacuation alert.
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