A fast-burning wildfire threatening West Kelowna, B.C., is challenging fire crews as they brace for what the operations director with BC Wildfire Service has predicted will be the most challenging days of the provincial wildfire season.
Thousands of people have been placed on evacuation alert in the Okanagan city, while close to a thousand properties have been placed on evacuation order because of the McDougall Creek wildfire.
The fire threat forced the closure of Highway 97 in both directions for 14 kilometres between West Kelowna and Kelowna. An evacuation order has been issued for the Clifton Road North and McKinley neighbourhoods, as well as for properties surrounding Hidden Lake and Still Pond. Residents along the west side of Glenmore Road from McKinley Beach to John Hindle Road have been put on evacuation alert.
Cliff Chapman says the cold front that began sweeping the southern half of the province yesterday is bringing in high, unpredictable winds and dry lightning that create the potential for new fires and growth on those they are trying to contain.
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