The Keremeos Creek wildfire, located 21 kilometers southwest of Penticton, British Columbia, is currently estimated at 5,903 hectares and remains out of control.
According to BC Wildfire: No structures were damaged by the flames overnight Sunday and the conditions were working in their favor. The crew continued to patrol, observing and defeating hot spots along major sections of the interface, Highway 3A, and guards.
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"The crew conducts a planned ignition to strengthen the constructed handguards ( Sunday)” and read the latest update.
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Manually ignite approximately 30 hectares of land to secure a large tract of land north of the town of Olala. Helicopter and ignition specialists are also on site.
These hand igniters are intended to bring fire down where the crew can safely work and are essential to achieving positive containment. But when that happens, we could see increased fire activity and smoke from Olala and Keremeos.
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Hand ignition is also used at the northeast corner of the fire heading north from the Sheep Creek Road terminus. These fires are expected to be of low intensity and help secure the northeast control line. Helicopters will be on standby in both areas to support operations.
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245 wild firefighters assigned to this fire, with an additional 160 from the BC Fire Department I work with structural protection personnel. Complements a total crew of 405 firefighters.
The Regional District of the Okanagan Similkameen Emergency Operations Center (RDOS EOC) is in regular contact with the BC Wildfire Service (BCWS) to assess the status of all evacuation warnings and orders within the RDOS. increase. As of Monday, there are no changes to evacuation orders or alerts within RDOS. Evacuation warnings and orders in progress remain in effect.
RDOS works with village of Keremeos and set up a temporary shelter. The Emergency Support Services (ESS) Reception Center at 427-7 Avenue in Keremeos Victory Hall opened Monday at 9:00 AM.
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The City of Penticton ESS Reception Center at Princess Margaret Secondary School opened at 9:00 am on Monday.
