Tag: BC Wildfire Service

The City of Revelstoke and Revelstoke Area Emergency Management Program (RAEMP) has issued an Evacuation Order for the Fish River Road and Incomappleux River Forest Service Road area due to the increased wildfire activity.

Premier David Eby is scheduled to hold a media availability Wednesday afternoon in Penticton with local officials as wildfire response efforts remain active across the Okanagan.

The chief of the Penticton Indian Band is urging the provincial and federal governments to prioritize wildfire preparedness to help protect communities across B.C., including those in the Okanagan threatened by increasingly large fires.

The fight against the 15,590-hectare Bald Range wildfire is a “monumental task,” BC Wildfire Service incident commander Hugh Murdoch said during a Monday night emergency briefing, with crews facing a vast fireground and active fire behaviour around Summerland.

Penticton’s mayor said officials are watching the wind direction as the out-of-control Bald Range wildfire prompts evacuation orders and alerts for nearby areas.

The Bradley Creek wildfire near Vernon, B.C. is now classified as being held, according to the BC Wildfire Service, as evacuation restrictions ease in parts of the North Okanagan.

Category 1 campfires will be prohibited throughout the Southeast Fire Centre beginning at noon Thursday.

The BC Wildfire Service has recorded three wildfires labelled as "out of control" near and around Rogers Pass.