About 400 firefighters were battling the 51-square-kilometre Keremeos Creek blaze that forced Olalla’s complete evacuation, says BC Wildfire Service spokesperson
Shifting wind patterns are keeping communities on edge in British Columbia’s southern Okanagan, where an out-of-control wildfire forced the evacuation of the village of Olalla and residents of nearby Keremeos were told to prepare to leave.
But after northerly and southerly gusts of 50 km/h late Thursday, conditions turned favourable Friday and winds subsided, allowing firefighters to try to halt the advance of the wildfire approaching Olalla. More than 1,000 other properties are on evacuation alert, including those in the nearby village of Keremeos.
“What we were experiencing was quite challenging. Things did get pretty hairy along the 3A,” Zandberg said during a briefing on Friday. The BC Wildfire Service said this week that the province is expected to experience sustained wildfire activity in August and September, especially in southern regions, with a long-range forecast of hot, dry weather.
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